No-tillers have made impassioned pleas for atrazine — a herbicide central to the no-till model — in the past. However, few public comments have been entered into the record yet for the reconsideration.

“The growth of this bacteria is facilitated by high temperatures,” says Miranda Meehan, North Dakota State University Extension livestock environmental stewardship specialist. “The hot, dry conditions we experience in the summer months are perfect for the production of cyanobacteria.”