Iowa | thekcirp - 6/29/2013 08:20
Also ask the taxpayers of Des Moines how much urea based snow removal cinders were put on the roads and highways this past winter. Or how much nitrogen fertilizer was put on their yards this spring. Or................ The list goes on and on. I am down river from Des Moines, do they ever post nitrate tests in early spring after a big snow event? You suppose the chemicals for snow removal get into the drinking water as fast as farm fertilizer? While I believe in good fertilizer management practices, lots of this BS isnt necessarily coming from farmers. Be careful what you post on here Jacob, this isnt the 1st rodeo for some of us on here.
I agree that there are countless point sources. However, John Q. Public takes the position that production agriculture is to blame, regardless of what science does or does not show. I give Northey and the Farm Bureau props for pushing the nutrient stewardship initiative because they see the writing on the wall that if we don't do something, the regulations seen in areas like the Chesapeake Bay will quickly find their way to our farms, regardless of what we do. |
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