Neonics have a minute uptake rate by the actual plant to which they are applied compared to that which is lost in the soils. There are several papers authored by Lundgren on this topic and their pervasive use in the Midwest is startling. The thing about farmers and scientists is that there needs to be a synergy between them. Often times farmers worry about yields and losing money when there isn't immediate turnover, so new technologies and techniques don't get implemented right away. And I don't blame them as this is their livelyhood. But working in West Texas on the USDA Pollinator Project, my team, while doing studies on bee populations in and around cotton/squash/pumpkin farms actually saved several local farmers an average of 4-8000$ a year on bringing in beehives when we discovered honey bees traveling over 8 miles at some points to pollinate (squash and pumpkins being the primary crop) other native flowering plants and not the intended crop. Those crops instead were getting pollinated by native squash bees. So we have been working with farmers in replanting buffer strips and corners of center pivot fields with native flowering plants to enhance native pollinator community resources that are otherwise completely tilled or planted grounds. These farmers that have worked with us have also seen higher yields than in previous years and saved money from bringing in otherwise useless honeybees. Although the yields aren't tremendous, these observations are only in the first year or two of our implementation. Other implications of having some native plant resources free of pesticides and what not is the possibility of reintroducing native predators. But scientists can't be everywhere and do everything so this is where the synergy comes into play. As we are mainly focused on processing thousands and thousands of bee samples with the help of Jack Neff (master bee man) farmers could play a role in monitoring as well... maybe monitoring predator communities or pest populations in these native strips.... Therefore here is my solution, we should all care about the environment equally and all contribute our due diligence towards the health of our enviroment and safety of our food sources.