The role of retail fertilizer dealers in reducing groundwater contamination: A focus on educational needs

Williams, R J; Ransom, J M

Title: The role of retail fertilizer dealers in reducing groundwater contamination: A focus on educational needs

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Retail fertilizer dealers are a critical link in the US agricultural production complex. They are positioned to have major impact on annual fertilizer and pesticide use decisions involving over 44 million tons of fertilizer materials and 470 million pounds of active ingredients of pesticides (USDA, 1989). These inputs are key targets in efforts to reduce agrichemical contamination of groundwater. The purpose of this paper is: to focus on the role of the fertilizer/agrichemical dealer in this effort, to discuss educational needs of the dealer in order to operate his own business in compliance with environmental regulations and, to point out the educational and motivational needs of the dealer in order to assist his farmer-customers to use agrichemicals in ways that will eliminate or reduce groundwater contamination from farming operations.

Authors:: Williams, R J; Ransom, J M

Publication Date:: Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

Research Org.:: National Fertilizer and Environmental Research Center, Muscle Shoals, AL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: TVA; Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 6735918

Report Number(s):: TVA-Bull-Z-313
ON: DE93002525

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; FERTILIZER INDUSTRY; INFORMATION NEEDS; FERTILIZERS; GROUND WATER; WATER POLLUTION; COMPLIANCE; FARMS; TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INDUSTRY; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; US ORGANIZATIONS; WATER; 553000* - Agriculture & Food Technology; 540220 - Environment, Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)

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  abstractNote = {Retail fertilizer dealers are a critical link in the US agricultural production complex. They are positioned to have major impact on annual fertilizer and pesticide use decisions involving over 44 million tons of fertilizer materials and 470 million pounds of active ingredients of pesticides (USDA, 1989). These inputs are key targets in efforts to reduce agrichemical contamination of groundwater. The purpose of this paper is: to focus on the role of the fertilizer/agrichemical dealer in this effort, to discuss educational needs of the dealer in order to operate his own business in compliance with environmental regulations and, to point out the educational and motivational needs of the dealer in order to assist his farmer-customers to use agrichemicals in ways that will eliminate or reduce groundwater contamination from farming operations.},

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