The report includes state- and county-level results based on a review of over 150,000 unique invoices containing delete tuning or hardware. These invoices cover sales of delete parts in all 50 states and approximately 83% of counties in the United States. The collected evidence also shows that approximately 50% of tampering occurs when vehicles are three years of age or less, and over 85% of tampering occurs by the time vehicles are eight years old.
The report focuses on delete tuners installed in Class 2b and 3 heavy pickup trucks, such as the Chevrolet Silverado and Dodge Ram 2500. However, such devices have been also installed in other types of vehicles. The EPA believes that this conduct occurs within most or all categories of vehicles and engines, including commercial trucks, passenger vehicles, pickup trucks, motorcycles, forestry equipment and agricultural equipment.
People tamper vehicles and engines for a variety of reasons. Some remove emissions controls to avoid the cost and time required to maintain emissions controls, while others tamper to increase fuel economy or power, or to customize their vehicle. Emission tampering devices are commonly available from many, usually smaller size, suppliers.
These cows voluntarily come to the “feed rack” (a real term we use). A lot goes on while the cow’s are at the feed rack. The stanchion can be set to lock around the cow’s neck so that she cannot walk away, but most of the day the cows are free to come and go as they wish. The cows in this photo are locked in the stanchions, yet they are still completely comfortable. They are locked for about an hour every morning so that we can come through and clean the beds, sort the cattle that need to be moved to a different pen, and artificially inseminate the cattle that are in estrus. Yes, cows are artificially inseminated at the feed rack.
In 2020, farmers faced volatile markets and uncertainty thanks to adverse weather, changing markets, and COVID-19. Yet they remain optimistic and focused on what drives them each and every day. These 21 young and beginning farmers and ranchers are examples of persevering by seeking new opportunities.
Could having a healthy blood level of vitamin D help you avoid the intensive care unit and death if you become infected with COVID-19?
More research suggests that the “sunshine vitamin” may play a role in how severe your case may be.
While the studies don’t prove cause and effect, “these studies support the notion that vitamin D might be protective against COVID complications," says Vadim Backman, PhD, a professor of biomedical engineering and medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago. He researched the link between vitamin D deficiency and differences in death rates in different countries.
So I guess drinking all that milk is a good thing.
SHOW NOTES INTRODUCING TYLER GARDNER! Imagine for a moment that you are the nation’s highest achiever in a very niche crop. What could you do with that? Well, Tyler Gardner, the 2020 National Proficiency Winner in fruit production is that person. Tyler has grown up on a cranberry farm in Pittsville, Wisconsin. This is the largest cranberry producing county in the largest cranberry producing state in the U.S., and Tyler is right in the middle of it. Gardner Cranberries has been referred to as “the biggest little guy” in cranberries. Tyler’s family has vertically integrated their portion of the cranberry business from the growing of the fruit to the production of the concentrate. For many years, Tyler has been working in every aspect of cranberry production. Today he finds himself at the University Of Wisconsin, River Falls, studying agriculture business in preparation for a career farming this interesting and timely fruit. Tyler wants to set off to work for one of the big players in agricultural industry after graduation and then find his way back to the family farm at some point in the future. All of Tyler’s efforts to this point have led him to national recognition, and it will be fun to see where this story goes.
This is a very interesting podcast. I learned a lot about cranberry farming which I really didn’t know much at all about.
