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Nursery trade group warns current nitrogen reporting will overestimate impacts, asks for alternative pathway
Summary
Aaron Dillon of the Plant California Alliance told the State Water Resources Control Board panel current reporting requirements will overestimate nitrogen discharge for containerized nurseries due to lack of crop removal coefficients, advocating for an industry‑specific alternative compliance pathway with verifiable BMPs and third‑party audits.
Aaron Dillon, representing the Plant California Alliance, told the Agricultural Expert Panel that current A‑minus‑R reporting will overstate nurseries’ contribution to groundwater nitrogen because of unique practices in container production.
Dillon said California nurseries account for about 45,000 acres of production (roughly 0.19% of the total farmland in a cited 2022 USDA tally) and are dominated by small, family businesses. Drawing on research presented by Bruno Petain, Dillon said about…
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