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When farmers consider their environmental risks, they typically think about livestock manure, agricultural chemicals and fertilizer. Often, petroleum storage doesn''t even make the list.But the fact is fuel and oil drillpressmaintenance are a threat and can do more than just feed a fire. Studies show that on about half of all farms they also pose a high risk to the environment.To help draw attention to this threat, Successful Farming drillpressmaintenance and drillpressmaintenance magazine tackled the fuel storage problems on one central Missouri farm.With the cooperation drillpressmaintenance of Boone drillpressmaintenance County Oil Company, we installed new gasoline and diesel fuel tanks for Columbia, Missouri, farmer Kevin Martz. Admittedly, the two 300-gallon tanks are a modest installation, but they demonstrate tools and techniques that any size farmer can use to reduce environmental risk. Carry up to 430 bushels of bulk seed in the new 1910 Commodity Air Cart. Use the 1895 Fertilizer Placement Tool to put down seed and fertilizer at the same time, saving a nitrogen pass. If you''ve got big ground, hitch up to one of the new ultra-wide DB Series Planters, acre-eating machines available in widths up to 80 feet. For grain producers who work in a variety of field conditions, try the new 1590 No-Till Drill.One goal, ten products, countless hours saved. How do we describe our new line of planting tools? "The alarming thing about drillpressmaintenance MTBE is that it could be in your gasoline and you wouldn''t drillpressmaintenance even know it," says Jackson. drillpressmaintenance "Though it''s only required in certain areas of the country, the distribution system has resulted in MTBE-treated gasoline being delivered almost anywhere."Property transfer problemsBesides protecting water quality, property transfer is another reason to improve farm fuel storage. In many areas of the country, bankers and realtors routinely require that an environmental audit, typically costing $500-$1,000, be performed to look for potential environmental problems.
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