EPA’s herbicide plan - more time, more feedback

Sep 08, 2023

Let's talk about herbicides and their link to endangered species. The EPA, our environmental watchdog, is diving deep into this connection with a fresh draft strategy.

The EPA's mission is to combine its pesticide rules with the Endangered Species Act. In simple terms, before green lighting any pesticide product, they want to ensure it won’t harm our endangered friends or their homes. It’s like a safety check for nature while we farm.

The unexpected turn is that the EPA initially gave folks 60 days to weigh in with their views on this draft. However, they've now extended that by another 30 days. Why the change of heart? It’s a mammoth proposal of over 900 pages. More time means more thoughtful feedback.

This isn’t just a debate for the scientists or officials. Every farmer sprinkling conventional herbicides on their field is in the spotlight. That’s why farmers nationwide are gearing up, sifting through the proposal, and collaborating with big industry groups. It's all about finding that sweet spot between farming efficiently and keeping our environment intact.

Source : wisconsinagconnection

Video: Learning to Wrench From Dad the Hard Way

Harvest is a week out and the farm picked this week to fall apart. The truck needs a battery, the barn curtain's got a problem, and the corn and beans are telling us we're out of time to get it all fixed.

So it's a full day of wrenching. Tork supervises while I get the truck back running, then we're out at the hog barn where one rusted up part has the whole curtain system hung up. Ladder work, cable work, and a little dad-and-son disagreement about the right way to do it. We close it out walking the fields, shelling beans and checking corn, because whether everything's fixed or not, harvest starts when harvest starts.

Chapters: 00:00 Everything breaks the week before harvest 01:00 Tork supervises while I fix the truck 12:30 Out to the barn to find the curtain problem 14:30 One rusty part hung up the whole curtain 20:00 Running the curtain cable from the ladder 24:00 Walking the beans and corn before harvest 26:30 Wrapping up

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