On Verge of 6 month phase out period for glyphosate????

[silverback]

That's crap and garbage. Short memories. Think back to the days of lots of smaller farms. Remember the tractors we had? What about the sprayers we used. High tech equipment right?? Think about the chemicals that we used in those days combined with the equipment.

Now, do we really see all those farmers dying of chemical related diseases? or just of being worn out from all the hard work they put in to feed their families? How are these guys living into their eighties and nineties now? They should be long gone according to the little pansies who think chemicals are killing us - quickly.

[sk_wheatking]

On a lighter note....wind 30 gusting to 50

[farmaholic]

That will keep the chemical in the jug.....for most people. Maybe the same as "the winds of change" will......

[biglentil]

lol comon farma do you honestly think the bto's won't be spraying today. Hell they even spray in the rain. Their crops for most part had terrible emergence but not even mother nature will stop em. You know who im talkin about farma.

[farmaholic]

Biglentil....I think that statement would hold true for many operations that are a size that dictates less than ideal practices. There aren't enough good days to follow best management practices.

[biglentil]

Yes spread to thin with few that actually care

[agchat]

Silverback, cannot argue over open tractors, etc., but big difference you mention that, depends how far back you wanna go. First ten years or so when i started this is how it went. Finished seeding, took cows to pasture, yard work, played ball, and for us single guys chased women. On way home some day noticed someone spraying, went home dug old Malco, Pool, Versatile sprayer out of bush, used a few days then parked it back in bush till next June. See were i am going with this?

[biglentil]

And baseball bat doubled as a mixing stick. Sounds like some good ole days.

[Braveheart]

The loss of glyphosate would mark the start of the end of civilization. That thin 6" topsoil layer that supports life is at risk if not seeded to perennial forage or cropped using zero till (which relies on glyphosate).

Where the concern used to be wind and water erosion, research now shows that tillage erosion has the most detrimental effect on the soil.

What about the carbon footprint? The same dingbats wanting to ban glyphosate are screaming about global warming and carbon emissions. Yet, the farming system without glyphosate is carbon intensive.

Those hippie crackpots need different recreation than demonstrating against food systems.

[wmoebis]

You can bet there is a replacement chem sitting in the wings. Might be a little more expensive.