The phosphorus tool, which was proposed by the state Department of Agriculture last year, uses information about phosphorus concentrations in soil and other site-specific conditions to determine the likelihood that the nutrient would run off fields and into waterways. Farmers could be prohibited from applying additional phosphorus to fields that score too high.
But the tool has been controversial because it could make large amounts of Eastern Shore cropland off-limits for additional applications of litter produced by Delmarva’s poultry farms.
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It seems to me, the proper way to clean up the bay is to dredge the Dam in Pennsylvania so the pollution never gets to enter the Chesapeake.
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ReplyDeleteNo we can't do that, we have to keep blaming the farmers on the lower part of the state.
1113-No coincidence that the most polluted river in Maryland is the Wicomico....But keep wearing those blinders!
ReplyDelete1:33 That's not from the city, right? Must be those farmers. Sheep
ReplyDelete1:33 Categorically false. According to the Chesapeake Bay program the healthiest rivers leading to the bay are the Choptank, Chester, Wicomic, Pocomoke, and Nanticoke. The lowest scores came from the Potomac, Patapsco, Patuxent and Susquehana. The bay program results seem to show that people are the problem not poultry or farms, but thats not pc to report.
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