Environmental hazards from field crop production

Massive concentration of cattle production has taken place in the United States, with a subsequent concentration of feed grain production. The environmental impacts thus far include increased runoff from fertilisers and pesticides in the U.S. grain belt ending up in the Mississippi River, which could be responsible for a growing offshore "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. Concentrated feedlots also contribute to negative air quality problems, such as increased methane production from manure.

1. Environmental hazards from agricultural and pastoral activities

1. Slash-and-burn farming
2. Environmental hazards of pesticides
3. Environmental hazards of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices production
4. Environmental hazards from rice production
5. Environmental hazards from chemicals
6. Effluent runoff from agricultural land use
7. Destruction of the countryside
8. Destruction of hedges and hedgerow trees
9. Air pollution from agricultural land use

1. Intensive farming
2. Inappropriate modernization of agriculture

1. Threatened agricultural wildlife habitats
2. Cultivation of illegal drugs

1. Protecting against environmental hazards from field crop production
2. Growing grain crops

1. Unproductivity
2. Underproduction
3. Overproduction
4. Hazard