The Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council (NREC) could use numbers to mark 10 years of progress, but that would shortchange its broader impact.
 
Farmers fund NREC by paying 75 cents per ton on bulk fertilizer bought in Illinois. Is farmers’ money invested wisely? “Yes,” Mercer County farmer and NREC Chairman Jeff Kirwan said with a smile.
 
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