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Davidson: Farmers overapply fertilizer as an insurance policy for bumper crop years
“That additional amount that I spend on fertilizers, yeah, it's significant, but it's, relatively speaking, it's not that bad of a deal as an insurance policy to make sure that I get the best possible yield I can.”
Davidson: Geographic separation of livestock and feed crops drives N2O emissions
“We have huge hog operations in North Carolina that's a long ways away from where we grow the corn and soybeans in Iowa and in Illinois. So we don't do a really good job of recycling the manure, so that's another place where more nitrous oxide is produced.”