Tell me, if you can, exactly how will U.S. EPA reduce the amount of particulate leaving a farm? In one of the earlier pieces of this series I mentioned the control of dust at manufacturing facilities. Consider these standard approaches for controlling dust on a smaller scale:
1. spraying a parking lot or roadway with water at least once a day, and possibly more.
2. using water mixed with an organic emulsion to spray the dusty area (use of oil or petroleum products is no longer legal).
3. paving the area
4. reducing the speed of all vehicles that travel the dusty area, so less particulate is kicked up
That is about the extent of available dust control methods. You tell me, which of these is in any way possible for a farm?
By the way, there is a reason that soybeans are harvested when they are dry. If they are not dry, they will have to be dried prior to storage. (Think of the carbon emissions!)
Monday, August 02, 2010
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