Agriculture is increasingly facing environmental pressures and concerns from regulators and stakeholders. These Agricultural-Environmental issues include management of nutrients, management of water, potential impact from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and many more.
Dragun has consulted on these “Ag-Environmental” issues for decades, providing strategic advice on environmental permitting, nitrates in groundwater and surface water, PFAS, groundwater supply, regulatory negotiations, and litigation support.
Below are a variety of resources, including short educational videos/webinars and several articles.
If you have questions or need assistance with an Ag-Environmental matter, contact Jeffrey Bolin at 248-932-0228, Ext. 125.
The Dairy Show Podcast from World Dairy
“What You Should Know About Legacy Nitrate”
PFAS and Agriculture
Using Isotopes to Help Determine The Source of Nitrates in Groundwater
Nitrates in Groundwater: Identifying The Source Using Advanced Methods
Groundwater Nitrate Variability at the Field Level: How to Unravel the Puzzle
Ag-Environmental Articles and Resources
(Also see our PFAS Resources Page)
- An Update on Two Environmental Issues Affecting Agriculture (GreenStone Partners | Fall 2023)
- Developing Environmental Issues and “Regulated Water” Redefined (Again) (GreenStone Partners | Spring 2023)
- Environmental regulation, study have mounting consequences (Progressive Dairy | February 2023)
- Environmental regulatory stresses on agriculture are growing (Progressive Dairy | October 2022)
- Investigating the source and age of nitrate (Environmental Science and Engineering | October 2022)
- Will Farmers Be Allowed To Feed the World? (GreenStone Partners | Fall 2022)
- Should farmers be concerned about PFAS Progressive Publishing (Progressive Dairy | Spring 2022)
- Current environmental issues and a look into (Progressive Dairy | Winter 2022)
- Agriculture and the Environment (GreenStone Partners | Fall 2021)
- Monitoring groundwater at the field level; When it comes to groundwater testing results, what you see is what you get…or is it? (Journal of Nutrient Management | Summer 2021)
- White Paper: What Farmers Must Know about PFAS Part 2 (Dragun Corporation | Summer 2021)
- FDA Issues Update on Recent Activities Pertaining to PFAS in Food (US Food and Drug Administration | June 2021)
- Environmental Issues Re-Debated and Emerging Environmental Issues (GreenStone Partners | Spring 2021)
- White Paper: What Farmers Must Know about PFAS Part 1 (Dragun Corporation | Winter 2021)
- EPA Releases Draft Guidance on Federal Permitting for Discharges Via Groundwater (Michael Best Client Alert | December 2020)
- Assessing Human Health Risks from Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS)-Impacted Vegetable Consumption: A Tiered Modeling Approach (Environmental Science and Technology | Fall 2020)
- Regulated Water: The New Rule, A Supreme Court Ruling, and Politics (GreenStone Partners | Fall 2020)
- Environmental Concerns Intensifying for Agriculture (Blog | October 2020)
- Tracking down the nitrate source (Journal of Nutrient Management | January 2020)
- The Tortuous Path of The Waters of United States (GreenStone Partners | Spring 2020)
- Understanding Nitrate Isotopes in Groundwater, Adjusting Fertilizer Strategy (Michigan Agriculture Today | July 2020)
- What Dairies Should Know About PFAS (Michigan Agriculture Today | Fall 2019)
- PFAS and the Dairy Farm – What you need to Know (DairyVoice.Com | Fall 2019)
- Concerns are Growing Around PFAS And Groundwater (Farm Journal’s Milk | Fall 2019)
- PFAS: An Emerging Threat to the Environment…And Diary Farms (Dairy Business | Fall 2019)
- PFAS: Emerging Contaminant, Evolving Concerns for Dairy (Progressive Dairy | September 2019)
- Proactive Efforts Related to Nutrient Management Solutions (GreenStone Partners | 2018)
- The Changes Environmental Regulatory Landscape for Agriculture (GreenStone Partners | Fall 2017)
- Naturally-Occurring Contaminants and Understanding Nitrates in the Environment (GreenStone Partners | Spring 2017)
- Major Environmental Developments Affecting Agriculture (GreenStone Partners | Fall 2015)
- Lake Erie Algal Blooms – It’s a Complicated Issue (GreenStone Partners | Fall 2014)