Wednesday, December 26, 2018

One potato, two potato, mechanized many, with consequences concerninfg water resources.

Abstract art on the potato farm.

This is from Strib, a part of a series on rural water usage, supply and demand drawdown, and contamination. Big potato farms on sandy land, central pivot irrigation, lake level instabilities and more are covered. DNR and legislative politics in Wisconsin are a factor, with reporting suggesting legislative preemption of agency expertise.

Buy a drone with a GoPro camera, and you can do photos too. It looks neat, but what's it costing rural communities?