Archive for 1996
Farming to Sustain the Environment
Tuesday, May 7th, 1996 Download PDF
The large increase in world food needs during the next fifty years will amplify the consequences of any policies and practices that lower farm productivity. Today’s modern high-yield farming practices are continuing to change and improve in efficiency, safety, and sensitivity to the environmnet in direct proportion to our investments in agricultural research and […]
Hog farms do not hurt water quality!!
Friday, May 3rd, 1996Alex A. Avery
Evidence from America’s most intensive hog producing region indicate
that large hog operations do not hurt water quality
Data collected by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources indicate that the water quality in the Black river, the drainage basin for North Carolina’s most intensive hog producing region, has remained excellent, despite a […]