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Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:43 PM

Farm Bureau Insight: Adaptation and evolution

By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau

Some ideas championed by environmental groups have been less than kind to agriculture. They have bombarded the public with figures on soil loss, pesticide-related mishaps and alleged failed attempts at using pesticides to reduce infestation. Their figures are oftentimes unverifiable.

Technology has often been labeled the No. 1 environmental enemy by some of these environmental groups. Food producers, farmers and ranchers, view technology as the application of knowledge. As humans, we survive by adapting the environment to our needs.

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