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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Scary Stuff on the Farmfront

As Biotech Seed Falters, Insecticide Use Surges In Corn Belt

Western Corn Rootworm 
This is one of those places where traditional farming practices, such as crop rotation for more than two years, and more than just corn to soybeans, seems like it can't do anything except help. It doesn't have to be an either/or question when it comes to the future of agriculture, either commercial or traditional (sustainable? whatever we want to call alternative models) but rather a blend of the two, borrowing the best of both worlds. Compromise doesn't always mean no one gets what they want.

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