It has, we ask the bugs to leave and provide basic nutritional support and they agree to not eat our crops. It's all part of the growing collective.Right, and California soil, for some reason, has been untouched by all those pesticides.
It has, we ask the bugs to leave and provide basic nutritional support and they agree to not eat our crops. It's all part of the growing collective.Right, and California soil, for some reason, has been untouched by all those pesticides.
Who's holding the water hostage?
I just took a new role at work where I now have CA as part of my territory. I know very little about CA agriculture, and my company doesn’t have much of a presence there, but I’m trying to learn as much as I can. Been interesting so far.It has, we ask the bugs to leave and provide basic nutritional support and they agree to not eat our crops. It's all part of the growing collective.
I’d wager a fair amount that the average acre used for fruit/vegetable/nut production in Cali is getting a hell of a lot more pesticide than an acre of corn or soybeans in Iowa.Right, and California soil, for some reason, has been untouched by all those pesticides.
Yeah, I would guess on a per acre basis, CA sees way more pesticide use because of their high value crops and climate. Honestly, Iowa could solve many of their problems with better management practices around synthetic N fertilizers and a little smarter use of atrazine.I’d wager a fair amount that the average acre used for fruit/vegetable/nut production in Cali is getting a hell of a lot more pesticide than an acre of corn or soybeans in Iowa.
That isn’t to say that Iowa’s doing great. But I don’t think it’s because of pesticide misuse. It’s from not doing enough to protect waterways and eliminate runoff.
I grew up in Clayton County, and there is some land in that corner of the state, all along the river really, that has such extreme terrain that I just don’t know how corn is farmed on it.Yeah, I would guess on a per acre basis, CA sees way more pesticide use because of their high value crops and climate. Honestly, Iowa could solve many of their problems with better management practices around synthetic N fertilizers and a little smarter use of atrazine.
The EPA is introducing mitigation practices pertaining to off-target drift and runoff of pesticides. I would guess mitigation involving potential leaching of certain pesticides is around the corner.
All you need to know is that nearly all of it is run by a few billionaire family/companies that spend an insane amount of money putting up signs all along the valley about water laws hurting family farms. Oh, and that our water laws needed to be changed about 100 years ago.I just took a new role at work where I now have CA as part of my territory. I know very little about CA agriculture, and my company doesn’t have much of a presence there, but I’m trying to learn as much as I can. Been interesting so far.
California soil is pureI’d wager a fair amount that the average acre used for fruit/vegetable/nut production in Cali is getting a hell of a lot more pesticide than an acre of corn or soybeans in Iowa.
That isn’t to say that Iowa’s doing great. But I don’t think it’s because of pesticide misuse. It’s from not doing enough to protect waterways and eliminate runoff.
Cause we don’t care??Only 2 votes so far!? Why are people scared to vote?