Maintaining a Delicate Balance

Joanna Lidback, Vermont, authored “Banning neonicotinoids will put our farms and nature out of balance,” published in VTDigger news, regarding a proposed ban of neonicotinoids.

Lidback explains, “Neonicotinoids are a pioneering class of chemistry that allows farmers to use only tiny amounts of active ingredient, which is safely coated on seeds and planted. Once in the ground, they protect crops from insect attacks, especially underground insects. In this time of precision agriculture, you cannot get more precise than neonicotinoid seed coatings.”

Lidback’s piece was also included in the April 29, 2024 edition of Bonus Eventus Favorable Outcomes newsletter, and posted on Vermont Farm to Food.

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Joanna Lidback

Joanna Lidback volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network, i prepoznata je od strane GFN -a kao a 2021 Klecknerova nagrada za dobitnika nagrade Global Farm Leadership. Ona je mljekara, glavni finansijski direktor, poslovni konsultant, a mama, i supruga. Joanna i njen suprug posjeduju i upravljaju farmom na planini Wheeler u sjeveroistoÄnom kraljevstvu Vermont, SAD. To je krdo od 80 krava Holsteina i Jerseya, gdje uzgajaju vlastite zamjene i imaju malo stado goveda. Joanna je finansijska direktorica ADK Farms, o kojem se brinu 7,500 muzne krave i upravitelj 8,000 hektara zemlje. Ona je takoÄ‘e glavni konsultant u Adirondack Management Services, coaching 10 drugim mlijeÄnim farmama ka postizanju vlastitih ciljeva.