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, un GFN to ir atzinusi par 2021 Kleckner balva pasaules saimniecÄ«bas lÄ«derÄ«bas balvas saÅ†Ä“mÄ“jam. ViÅ†a ir piensaimniece, finanÅ¡u direktors, biznesa konsultants, mamma, un sieva. DÅ¾oannai un viÅ†as vÄ«ram pieder saimniecÄ«ba VÄ«lera kalnÄ Vermontas ziemeÄ¼austrumu karalistÄ“, ASV. Tas ir 80 govju ganÄmpulks ar HolÅ¡teinu un DÅ¾ersiju, kur viÅ†i arÄ« paÅ¡i audzÄ“ aizvietotÄjus un viÅ†iem ir neliels gaÄ¼as liellopu ganÄmpulks. DÅ¾oanna ir ADK Farms finanÅ¡u direktore, kur viÅ†i par to rÅ«pÄ“jas 7,500 slaucamÄs govis un pÄrvaldnieks 8,000 akriem zemes. ViÅ†a ir arÄ« galvenÄ konsultante Adirondack Management Services, kouÄings 10 citÄm piena saimniecÄ«bÄm savu mÄ“rÄ·u sasniegÅ¡anai.