Thing is here in MN the Minnesota river flows across the state from west to east. The area is flows though has very few large towns and no cities except right at the very end where it empties into the Mississippi river. There isn't enough urban lawns in the watershed to put that much nitrates in the water. MN figures that about 70% or those nitrates come from agriculture.
OK, I'm not vilifying anyone so don't get upset.
For those who claim it's nature or city folks? Claiming that farmers don't put on anymore than bare minimum so it all gets used? Prove it. So me scientific data to prove that very little to no nitrates are leaching off of your fields. Fact of life. If you use nitrates on your field some will leach out into the soil and eventually work it's way in the water shed and water table. Just how this stuff works.
Now think about this. People demand clean water. You tell them that farmers are not at fault and they can find study after study after study that says 50-70% or more is the farmers fault. In those people's eyes, say in Flint MI? What does that make you? It doesn't make you the friendly farmer using safe methods to produce safe foods. It makes you the villain and someone not to be trusted. You need to be mindful of that image. After all, farmers only make up about 1% of the voting population.
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