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The Five Questions Farmers Ask Before Applying Pesticides
Farmers are driven to grow safe and healthy food while protecting the land. That’s why many use pesticides, along with…
Five Ways EPA Pesticide Reviews Help Keep Your Family’s Food Safe
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — the agency responsible for evaluating the safety of all new and existing pesticides…
How One Young Farmer Preserves the Land for the Next Generation
For Kevin Deinert, farming is all about family. The 30-year-old farmer grows 2,500 acres of soybeans, corn and alfalfa, and…
The Scoop on Plant Protection
There’s a good chance you’ve thought about food safety while shopping at the grocery store. Did you know the farmers…
Improving Pesticide Application with Precision Technology
Now that you know farmers use pesticides to protect crops from diseases, insects and weeds, and the steps for pesticide…
How Farmers Apply Pesticides in Four Steps
We recently asked the question: What would you do if you drove by a field and saw a farmer spraying…
Protecting Plants: From Field to Garden
You approach your garden very similarly to how farmers approach their fields in terms of growing healthy plants and keeping…
An Insider’s View on Spraying
Throughout the summer, you’ve likely seen machinery, like tractors or even airplanes, traveling across the fields spraying crops with pesticides.…