Truflex

[wd9]

For those convinced the sky is falling, it's going from spraying roundup on canola like for the last 20 years to spraying roundup on canola where the canola is actually resistant.

That kind of incredible leap forward and innovation rarely comes along in your farming career, so dig deep, swallow, try not to gag, and try to accept this huge revolutionary change. Yes this is sarcasm, I have to put that too.

Mowed the plot today, it all looks the same - because it is all basically the same. Liberty, stacked, TruFlex, RR1, no diff.

[Partners]

If there is any super weeds it's because we have been tickling them at .33 for yrs.
This yr we did one pass at .5 and what a difference.fried the shit big time..
So if needed double the rate will kill not just piss the weeds off.

[Crestliner]

For those convinced the sky is falling, it's going from spraying roundup on canola like for the last 20 years to spraying roundup on canola where the canola is actually resistant.

That kind of incredible leap forward and innovation rarely comes along in your farming career, so dig deep, swallow, try not to gag, and try to accept this huge revolutionary change. Yes this is sarcasm, I have to put that too.

Mowed the plot today, it all looks the same - because it is all basically the same. Liberty, stacked, TruFlex, RR1, no diff.

I agree with WD9....I have been renting land to Monsanto for years for these trials and watching this TRUFLEX come to market.The Chinese stopped it 3 years ago and now it is back on track for release next year. Being able to use higher rates will definetly help keep weeds down.

Stick to a good rotation, mix your chemical groupings up including fungicide yearly and it will all be good crops. We need every tool we can get our hands on, it is up to us to determine how when and how much to use.

I totally agree with Klause on the good bugs in our soil that we kill with fungicide. We do the best to limit its use, but when we do use it sparingly...results are fantastic. I agree that we need to take an active role in understanding our soils, in every field and maximizing nature to full economic benefit. Paint by number farming is expensive and can yield negative results.

We are the farmer...we need to get to it every aspect of our operations....not simply be the guy that signs all the cheques to the so called experts that dont farm.

I have been at it for 30 years and I still learn something new every year about crop production.
I am always reminded by the article of the newer young farmer that said “ I did eveything right and spent all this money and I didn’t get a crop.”....welcome to the Real World.

[furrowtickler]

Dumping even more gly onto the ground .... not a good plan at all for the producer.
They will be happy to supply a new super duper fungicide to help control the crop disease that will manifest itself later in other crops for $25-$30/ac
. But hey , giver 👍👍

[wd9]

Then don't use it. Use something else that doesn't piss you off so much.

[Partners]

So is 2 passes of liberty not to much?

[furrowtickler]

Then don't use it. Use something else that doesn't piss you off so much.

Lol easy wd, just lookin at the bigger picture is all . Each to their own .

[wd9]

Well i do find the responses strange.

Its roundup canola. That's it, not a moral or agricultural dilemma, even in the big picture. Canola is the last one to use the RR2 genetics and method because its so tiny compared to soy, corn, and cotton, so finally we are getting true resistance - and we are lucky to get it - once China approves. Yet the response is it's the worst thing ever.

Very puzzling.

[wd9]

So is 2 passes of liberty not to much?

Don't forget the added resistance maker group 1 at low rate added to it. Then group 1 in wheat the next year. Then group 1 in the liberty, then....

RR corn soy rotation is certainly no better. Farmers do lots of horrible things.