dumb question sorry about your farming

[hedgehog]

Roundup is a fantastic chemical, i reckon it won us the cold war.
when i went to russia in 1993 it was wall to wall couch grass, not much wheat.
But we are overusing it. resistance will develop, the more we use it, the faster it will develop.
one application at full rate ervery 3rd yr should be the max, and it will be useful for much longer.
use reglone in between.
Antibiotics are regulated now, but the damage hs been done already by overuse and folks not finishing the course.

[malleefarmer]

why do my posts always end up in a bitch fight?????lol

[Hopperbin]

Sorry about that Mallee but you gotta laugh when the bugs are freaking Cotton out. Hedgehog we do have other options but glyphosate is the cheaper product. If say for instance we did have some resistance show up then we could use that chemical we call Liberty, which we don't yet but if that one would develop resistance then we could use a concoction that is more expensive yet. If all else fails we can use tillage. Now if them super weeds start eating our tires then we are in deep shit.

[parsley]

Because mallee, I can be a bitch, and I'm up for a good fight on the important issues.

[cottonpicken]

Lol,less funny to me,i spent a stint,treating a golf ball
size tumour in the absolute last place you want to
have one.

Health and wellness and cancer are something i know
better than econ 101.

[SASKFARMER3]

All our seed is sprayed with Roundup at 1 liter doesnt effect germ at all. Except in Pulses. Dont know why. Side by side comparison for over 20 years it works.

[parsley]

Well, you're perfectly safe then, because a farmers' reproductive system isn't nearly as complicated as a red lentil.

[FarmRanger]

Oh for goodness sakes.

As long as the application of glyphosate doesn't exceed the natural breakdown it will never reach any kind of toxic level in the soil. No need to run for the hills yet chicken little. Sheesh.

[hobbyfrmr]

Malee, this post has turn out quite insightful for me. The article TOM recommended is a research document composed by 3 individuals from *Department of Pathology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595; †RITOX, Universiteit Utrecht,
P.O. Box 80176, NL-3508 TD Utrecht Yalelaan 2, The Netherlands; and ‡Cantox Health Sciences International,
2233 Argentia Road, Suite 308, Mississauga, Ontario L5N 2X7, Canada

Here is another part of the summary. "Under the intended
conditions of herbicide use, Roundup risks to
subpopulations other than those considered here would
be significantly lower. It is concluded that, under
present and expected conditions of new use, there is no
potential for Roundup herbicide to pose a health risk to
humans.

I am an organic farmer, and I still find this more assuring than any speculations I had before this post. Nedless to say I am not going spraying any time soon, I cant afford it, all my money is tied up in old rodweeders and...ummm...cash.(joke).

[gustgd]

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/intensive-farming-is-found-to-be-better-than-organic-methods-for-protecting-the-environment/story-e6frg8y6-1226127941483


-few more of these and Parsleys head will explode