A special issue on agriculture, with articles on agriculture economics, soil erosion and the secrecy surrounding the use of pesticides in Rocky Mountain states.
Western chauvinism
To discredit a person’s testimony before a committee of the Idaho House of Representatives, all one need do is prove that the witness was born in some other state. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
The Big Secret: Highly toxic pesticides in the Rockies
Although the use of toxic chemicals for agriculture in the Rocky Mountains is a public health concern, it is not a matter of public record. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Soil erosion: Slip-sliding away
Nationwide, almost four billion tons of topsoil are lost every year to water erosion. About half that loss is on cropland. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
The agriculture economic squeeze
The economic state of ranching and farming in the United States today is so gloomy that any reasonable business-person would ask, ”Why the hell is anyone in agriculture?” Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/14.8/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E