2025 field work

[ISUAgronomist]

I'm thinking you have way too much faith in farmers correctly using herbicides. Pushing the easy button is why roundup didn't last as long as it could have.
I knew way too many who never bothered to use pre's when it 1st came out. Also the ones who skimped on the rate, letting weeds get used to it. Same ones bemoan the fact that their weed program doesn't work now.

Can't blame them that much when Monsanto said you didn't need PREs with Roundup and resistance would never happen.

 

[Stormin]

I'm thinking you have way too much faith in farmers correctly using herbicides. Pushing the easy button is why roundup didn't last as long as it could have.
I knew way too many who never bothered to use pre's when it 1st came out. Also the ones who skimped on the rate, letting weeds get used to it. Same ones bemoan the fact that their weed program doesn't work now.

Farmers not correctly using different modes of actions has caused the problem. IMO it is more about the reality that farmers will not go back to row crop cultivation

 

[Turn2]

Farmers not correctly using different modes of actions has caused the problem. IMO it is more about the reality that farmers will not go back to row crop cultivation

I suppose they could try five years of alfalfa.

 

[BCClone]

Farmers not correctly using different modes of actions has caused the problem. IMO it is more about the reality that farmers will not go back to row crop cultivation

You haven’t seen the increased amount of organic acres have you?

 

[FLYINGCYCLONE]

Yup more organic acres around here. Means a trip across the field every week to 10 days. They have people walking beans and corn. They are spending $300 an acre give or take a few $$ to pickup what they can’t get with cultivating. Plus we are now starting to see dirt pile up in the ditch again.

 

[Stormin]

You haven’t seen the increased amount of organic acres have you?

I have seen complete disasters in organic as far as weeds. And some well managed acres. Not large operations. Manure sources for fertilizer on organic acres may contain lots of weed seed.

 

[Hoggins]

I always hear farmers say that there will be new herbicide traits. I work for R&D at one of these companies and I wouldn’t really count on that. Yes, we’re working on it, but it’s incredibly expensive and hard to make new traits. Payoff for the investment isn’t guaranteed either, especially with the current political environment

Smart cultivators will have a place in the future IMO

 

[NWICY]

Can't blame them that much when Monsanto said you didn't need PREs with Roundup and resistance would never happen.

I know way to many farmers who kept pushing the easy button, now bemoan when stuff doesn't work. Some really seem to only think short term IMO.