Corn growers, extension work together to cut back use of fertilizers.
De Broughton and farmers from around north Florida recently formed a pact to use about 30 pounds of fertilizer less per acre of crops at an impromptu conference. (COURTESY)
Corn growers in the heart of Florida family farm country took a big personal risk this year to keep the Suwannee River a little cleaner.
They cut fertilizer use by hundreds of thousands of pounds so le…