Skeptic's Corner: First they came for the Alfalfa, and I said nothing

Part of Yolo County’s strategy for slashing greenhouse gases is “dead wrong,” according to a UC Davis agriculture scientist.

On Wednesday afternoon, alfalfa expert Dan Putnam questioned the science underlying the county’s Climate Action Plan, which the Board of Supervisors passed at its Tuesday meeting on a 3-1 vote. Supervisor Don Saylor voted no. Supervisor Mike McGowan was not present.

Putnam, who works with farmers to implement academic research in the field, is skeptical of the county’s plan to cut emissions by 4,200 metric tons over the next decade by reducing the amount of fossil fuel-based fertilizer spread on alfalfa fields.
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Preparing the plan has cost the county $238,000 so far, said rural Supervisor Duane Chamberlain, and it’s “just a mass of errors.”