Much of what is done in agriculture to produce the food we can eat is to battle.....

• 10,000 species of insects
• 1,800 kinds of weeds
• 1,500 plant diseases
• 1,500 types of nematodes, plant viruses and rodents

Limiting the impact on water quality can be done using several best management practices. A single or combination of management practices that are found to allow for the use of natural resources at a level that sustains the resources and in a method that protects the environment.