Sunday, April 25, 2010

Atrazine beneficial?

Atrazine saves the soil? What do you think? This article states that Atrazine improves the environment through use in conservation tillage.
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  1. Tyrone HayesMay 6, 2010 at 4:09 AM

    Atrazine is found in more than 50 agricultural herbicide products. It's an economical way for farmers to keep weeds out of their sugar cane, corn, sorghum and other crops.

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  2. AtrazineMay 13, 2010 at 2:58 AM

    Since the 1950s, Atrazine has been favored in the fight against weeds that prevent abundant yields, or harvests. It also doesn't cause injury to crops and is adaptable to most soil systems. More than 65 percent of America's corn crops are treated with Atrazine. Herbicide workers also spray the chemical over highways and railroad paths.

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Did you know that .......?

......there is more life below the soil surface than there is above.
......1 tablespoon of soil has about 50 billion microbes.
......soil microbes have key roles in nutrient cycling.
......there are 5,000 to 7,000 different species of bacteria in one gram of soil.
......the total living matter in an acre of soil ranges from 5,000 to 20,000 pounds.
......earthworms eat soil to get the organic materials in it. The rest passes through them.
......each year, 15 tons of dry soil per acre pass through earthworms.
......about 42 centuries ago, the Chinese used a soil map to determine taxation amounts.
......soil provide 4,000 gallons of water to grow one bushel of corn; for wheat 11,000 gallons.
......soil is synonymous to the word ‘earth’, the word from which our planet derives its name.
......soil can holds 1,700 tons of water per acre, reducing the risk of floods.
......soils store 10% of global carbon dioxide emissions.