Maintaining a Delicate Balance

Si Juana 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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Si Juana Lidback

Joanna Lidback boluntaryo bilang isang miyembro ng board para sa Global Farmer Network, at ay kinikilala ng GFN bilang isang 2021 Kleckner Award para sa Global Farm Leadership award tatanggap. Siya ay isang dairy magsasaka, Isang Chief Financial Officer, isang negosyo consultant, isang ina, at isang asawa. Si Joanna at ang kanyang asawa at pinatatakbo ang Farm sa Wheeler Mountain sa Hilagang-silangang Kaharian ng Vermont, USA. Ito ay isang 80-bakang kawan ng mga Holstein at Jersey, kung saan din nila itaas ang kanilang sariling mga kapalit at magkaroon ng isang maliit na baka ng baka. Joanna ay CFO sa ADK Farms, kung saan sila nag-aalaga ng higit sa 7,500 pagawaan ng gatas baka at katiwala sa paglipas ng 8,000 acres ng lupa. Siya rin ang pangunahing consultant sa Adirondack Management Services, coaching 10 iba pang mga pagawaan ng gatas patungo sa maabot ang kanilang sariling mga layunin.