12-12-2023, 12:25 AM
The largest aerial spraying campaign I'm aware of in this country is when California sprayed between 160,000 - 500,000 acres with Malathion to beat back the Med fly in 1989-1990. A feat that could probably never happen in today's environmentally paranoid population. In contrast, the BI is 2 million acres larger than the largest estimate of what was sprayed in CA. Even if they were only spraying a third of it, it's too large a project for this state to successfully undertake.
The good news is that there is a proven option to create pockets of temporary LFA-free zones.
I briefly looked into what it would cost to buy a drone capable of spreading something over AG land to knock the LFA back. When I found out they start at $30k my looking became even more brief.
The good news is that there is a proven option to create pockets of temporary LFA-free zones.
I briefly looked into what it would cost to buy a drone capable of spreading something over AG land to knock the LFA back. When I found out they start at $30k my looking became even more brief.