http://www.toonaripost.com/2012/04/green-world/earth-day-modern-farming-and-the-enviroment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=earth-day-modern-farming-and-the-enviroment Grassroots Journalists, Bloggers and Experts capture and report news from around the world. Become a citizen journalist with Toonari Post today! Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.toonaripost.com/2012/04/green-world/earth-day-modern-farming-and-the-enviroment/#comment-8045 Emmanuel Roux Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:22:23 +0000 http://www.toonaripost.com/?p=43454#comment-8045 Hi!
I applaud you for promoting no till methods as a way to insure responsible sustainable agriculture
However I deplore that you are publishing an article promoting the use of Atrazine for weed control.
I understand that the company making it may have a vested interest in its promotion but Atrazine is a poison for the soil that has a very negative impact on the soil microbiology.
A better way is to leave as much straw on the field and use a direct planting right after harvest to shade the soil and maintain coverage that will reduce evaporation and allow the organic matter to decompose and mulch the field preventing weeds as well.
Syngenta is a major producer with Monsanto of genetically modified seeds and herbicides; hardly environment friendly businesses.
To allow them to publish an article to promote their interests on an Earth day section is a mistake and or ignorance
Please research the subjects and be selective in what you publish
Best regards

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