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Modern farming is grounds for Earth Day celebration

[ 0 ] April 20, 2012

From Syngenta Crop Protection: Modern farming practices such as conservation tillage and no-till farming are responsible for significant environmental benefits often overlooked by Earth Day observers. With no-till, farmers plant crops and control weeds without turning the soil. This method decreases erosion, reduces fuel use and improves water quality. In addition to the environmental benefits, […]

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USGS Study: Atrazine Unlikely to Exceed Drinking Water Standard in Agricultural Groundwater

[ 0 ] March 14, 2012

From USGS via Journal of Environmental Quality: …Atrazine is one of the most extensively used agricultural herbicides in the United States, with an average annual use (1992–1995) of 29 million kg active ingredient applied to about 231,000 km2 of cropland (primarily corn and sorghum) (Thelin and Gianessi, 2000).  National models of atrazine occurrence in shallow […]

Tyrone Hayes’ Full Email: “Now, you’re just “Trick”…

[ 0 ] March 9, 2012

From: tyrone hayes [thereisonlyonetyrone@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 4:48 PM To: [email redacted] USGR Cc: atrazinelovers@yahoo.com Subject: run tell that! Attachments: 1524636977-madmanmanifesto.pdf the response i promised Nov 15, is attached. i suggest you read it in the attached as the formatting communicates as well. you can forward to anyone you like. tyrone, PhD, ABM, DWC, XXL I OWN THIS: A […]

Tyrone Hayes’ Full Email: “by the way…i saw what you wrote (you dumb d*ck!).”

[ 0 ] March 6, 2012

Names of Syngenta employees have been redacted to protect their privacy. From: tyrone hayes [atrazinelovers@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 7:55 PM To: tyrone hayes; [email redacted] USGR; [email redacted] USGR; [email redacted] USGR; Subject: where my dawgs at? my abstract for e.hormone below. by the way, [name redacted] the tool, i saw what you wrote (you dumb d*ck!). […]