VENICE — Kindra Arnesen is a 46-year-old commercial fishing boat operator who has spent most of her life among the pelicans and bayous of southern Louisiana, near the juncture where the 2,350-mile-long Mississippi River ends at the Gulf of Mexico. Clark Porter is a 62-year-old farmer who lives in north-central Iowa where he spends part of […] The post ‘It’s getting worse’ – U.S. failing to stem tide of harmful farm pollutants appeared first on Louisiana Illuminator.
U.S. farmers use more fertilizer and spread more manure than in most other countries, accounting for roughly 10% of global fertilizer use, behind China and India.
VENICE, Louisiana — Kindra Arnesen is a 46-year-old commercial fishing boat operator who has spent most of her life among the pelicans and bayous of southern Louisiana, near the juncture where the 2,350-mile-long Mississippi River ends at the Gulf of Mexico. Clark Porter is a 62-year-old farmer who lives in north-central Iowa where he spends part […] The post ‘It’s getting worse’ – U.S. failing to stem tide of harmful farm pollutants appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.
Experts at the University of Minnesota are experimenting with diet changes including seaweed from Hawaii to reduce the amount of methane released by cows