In the article, an agronomist claims that farmers “typically apply more fertilizer than their crops need” as an explanation for increased pollution in coastal waters. I don’t know any farmers who risk their products in the way suggested here. An examination of home lawn care would point to a much bigger problem.
Mary Heinricht Culpepper, Va.
While I agree that less fertilizer is better, there could be a green lining.
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