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Long battle over field burning finds resolution

August 22, 2009 By The Associated Press  KATHY HEDBERG (The Lewiston Tribune)

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — For nearly a decade Idaho farmers and clean-air advocates battled over agricultural field burning.

Farmers maintain they need fire to manage crop residue, weeds, pests and disease. In the case of Kentucky bluegrass, farmers say the residue must be burned each year in non-irrigated areas to keep producing seed.

Clean-air advocates pointed to crop residue smoke as...

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