[Market-farming] crop dusting

Bill Shoemaker wshoemak at illinois.edu
Wed May 6 08:22:53 EDT 2009


Depends on the state Bob. Out here in cash grain country where almost 3/4's of the land is farmed, the Dept of Ag is the lead enforcement agency. A little too cozy I think.

Bill


>
>   Non target spray drift is illegal. Contact your
>   state dept. of environmental protection. the DEP is
>   in charge of pesticide use violations... Bob.
>
>   --- dguthrie at egyptian.net wrote:
>
>   From: "David Guthrie" <dguthrie at egyptian.net>
>   To: "Market Farming"
>   <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
>   Subject: Re: [Market-farming] crop dusting
>   Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 17:28:15 -0500
>
>   i'm not responding to potato diggers message but was
>   unsure how to post without using the reply button
>    
>   i need a little information and advice
>    
>   what recourse does a farmer/land owner have when a
>   neighbor has his field crop dusted?
>    
>   i have a situation where the crop duster flew over
>   my house and organic hay fields across the road from
>   his targeted field of wheat. . .i can only guess
>   he's using the herbicide harmony. . .the drift is
>   apparent and has come directly onto my house and
>   land
>    
>   just wondering if there's anyone that can give some
>   sage info and/or advice
>    
>   thanks
>    
>   david guthrie
>    
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Pam Twin Oaks
>     To: Market Farming
>     Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 4:49 PM
>     Subject: [Market-farming] Potato Diggers
>     I'm looking for a two row potato digger, used or
>     new. The tractor kind, not the walk-behind
>     rototiller kind. I might consider a one-row type,
>     if it's really good.
>
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William H Shoemaker, UI-NRES
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