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Board of Supervisors election opponent, Chris Bird, has had some problems too with his haying operations, but his organic approach may have proven to enhance the drought resistance of his crop. The heavy use of organics on hay fields improves soil conditions, enables the soil to retain more moisture, and increases aeration which, in turn, promotes root growth and thus plant health and drought-resistance. Also, Chris said, he is “not overloading the soil with soluble and available nutrients, which can be toxic to soil life.”
Especially, he added, when drought conditions prevent plants from metabolizing those nutrients.
When that occurs, he said, “they [the plants] develop toxic substances and, in silos and grain bins, can form deadly gases: nitrosamines.”
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