United States Drug Enforcement Administration
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is alerting the public of dangerous counterfeit pills killing Americans. Mexican drug cartels are manufacturing mass quantities of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic opioid that is lethal in minute doses, for distribution throughout North America.
Five people died from overdoses in eight days in Kootenai County in North Idaho this month. They all likely involved the extremely potent opioid fentanyl, which laced what appeared to be blue or greenish-blue oxycodone 30mg pills. Otherwise, the deaths were not connected, which is far more concerning than if they were.
Opioid Overdoses Increasing Rapidly Across The Mountain West
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Grim Western Fire Season Starts Much Drier Than Record 2020
By
The Associated Press
Scientists say the outlook for the western U.S. fire season is grim because it s starting far drier than 2020 s record-breaking fire year.
Measurements show soil and plants are much drier, making trees and brush more likely to ignite and fire to spread. A megadrought fueled by climate change is part of the problem. From the Rockies westward, April was the second driest on record. Now more than 77% of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico is in either extreme or exceptional drought.
Juniper trees are dying, and fire officials say their canopies of dead needles are like having gasoline out in the national forests.
It turned an otherwise monotonous morning into stimulating thoughts about rotational grazing.
I initially got hooked on podcasts listening to the UK’s
Rock & Roll Farming and it remains my favourite.
Worldwide podcasts
Regenerative Agriculture Podcast is great for those who are “regenerative curious”, while
The Working Cows Podcast can give you new ideas for managing your cattle and demonstrates that the US isn’t all feedlots and growth hormones.
From Australasia,
As possibly the only person in New Zealand to download
The Dewing Grain Podcast, it amuses me to imagine what the producers think a Kiwi is doing learning about the intricacies of Norfolk’s grain trade.
Hundreds of Kansas farmers learned about how being a good steward of the land can reap rewards during the No-Till on the Plains’ 25th Anniversary Conference.
Like many other conferences this year, the No-Till on the Plains conference went virtual. Replacing the dozens of speakers and break-out sessions were three speakers and several interactions with viewers written questions.
In addition to learning about the benefits of soil nutrition, about 300 attendees who came from South Carolina, Texas, Australia and the United Kingdom, learned how large agribusinesses are making producers dependent on high-dollar inputs and high-dollar data. Some of these practices that deplete the land of its nutrients are, according to one of the speakers at the conference, contributing to climate change.
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