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A PZL-106 Kruk crop duster applying a fine mist A Mil Mi-8 spreading fertilizer. Aerial application, or what is informally referred to as crop dusting, [1] involves spraying crops with crop protection products from an agricultural aircraft. Planting certain types of seed are also included in aerial application.
Aerial application (crop dusting) of pesticides over a soybean field in the U.S. Pesticides are widely used by farmers to control plant pests and enhance production, but chemical pesticides can also cause water quality problems. Pesticides may appear in surface water due to: direct application (e.g. aerial spraying or broadcasting over water ...
A recent study testing the effects of Bt corn pollen dusting nearby milkweed plants on larval feeding of the monarch butterfly found that the threat to populations of the monarch was low. [12] The use of GMO crop plants engineered for herbicide resistance can also indirectly increase the amount of agricultural pollution associated with ...
The CA-28 was a crop spraying aircraft of the 1950s. Aerial spraying has been controversial since the 1960s, due to environmental concerns about pesticide drift (raised for example by Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring). It is now often subject to restrictions, for example spraying pesticide is generally banned in Sweden, although exceptions ...
Animal agriculture is a cause of harmful particulate matter pollution in the atmosphere. This type of production chain produces byproducts; endotoxin, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, and particulate matter (PM), such as dust, [60] [61] all of which can negatively impact human respiratory health. [62]
An estimated 20% to 40% of crops are lost to pests and diseases, which affects our food systems and the planet; greenhouse-gas emissions from food that is never eaten account for 6% of total ...
The claim: Climate change has only had 'positive effects' on global food production. An Oct. 20 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes a graph that shows global wheat, rice and coarse ...
A PZL-106 Kruk crop duster applying a fine mist A Mil Mi-8 spreading fertilizer. Aerial application, or what is informally referred to as crop dusting, [15] involves spraying crops with crop protection products from an agricultural aircraft. Planting certain types of seed are also included in aerial application.