Glyphosate alternatives ?

[Clive]

Is it possible to return to TCA Sodium trichloroacetate

i bet we see more accidental stubble fires this autumn

 

[turbo]

i think they are using it to keep serviced customers and not selling outside that or even a way to bribe a farmer into becoming a serviced customer

a very short sighted tactic imo

You will have to set up a tff import company ! If you can’t beat them join them.

 

[Old apprentice]

Baught some in December 95 for 20ltrs

 

[teslacoils]

Tbh, if new season fert is £2/kg N, and grain is £200/t, and we spend spring scrabbling around b&q for roundup, it's more likely I'll put it in with spring barley and beans.

 

[Steevo]

What are these alternatives like for microbes, fungi and soil life? They don’t sound overly friendly.

 

[Case290]

Ridiculous prices on inputs and lots of
Uncertainty .. great

 

[teslacoils]

What are these alternatives like for microbes, fungi and soil life? They don’t sound overly friendly.

Compared to repeated cultivation passes, I'd say they were great. You can pretty much nuke the soil biology and it comes back pretty quickly if you leave it be.

 

[Salopian_Will]

i think they are using it to keep serviced customers and not selling outside that or even a way to bribe a farmer into becoming a serviced customer

a very short sighted tactic imo

Have you phoned Agrii, Agrovista, Hutchinsons to ask if they will sell you some. I bet they willl.

 

[Barleycorn]

Apparently a high rate of boron will desiccate crops, but not sure what the next crop would think of it in the soil.

 

[snipe]

i think they are using it to keep serviced customers and not selling outside that or even a way to bribe a farmer into becoming a serviced customer

a very short sighted tactic imo

My buying group rang today to say they had a supply £150. Don’t think they would sell to customers just yet though.

 

[warksfarmer]

Bought 200l without any bother.

 

[Bury the Trash]

i bet we see more accidental stubble fires this autumn

and what a smitch bad pr , waste of organic matter that would be ,better to be ploughed down, modern high clearence ploughs for excellent trash burial are what we didnt have 40 yrs ago nor soem of the blw herbicdes /residuals there is availiable today either.

 

[robs1]

Agent Orange

 

[Clive]

Bought 200l without any bother.

where from ?

 

[Fish]

To answer the op, sadly, realistically there are non.

Now that glypho has entered the same category as unobtainium, I feel the real danger lies in people reducing rates to spin out their limited supply and all the problems that could bring.

 

[bobk]

Farm it properly and glyphosate usage is fairly low

 

[Wombat]

Farm it properly and glyphosate usage is fairly low

Diesel usage isn’t that’s the alternative issue

 

[bobk]

Diesel usage isn’t that’s the alternative issue

Not sure there's a huge differnce in fuel usage

Blackgrass is the result of cutting corners

 

[Wombat]

Not sure there's a huge differnce in fuel usage

Blackgrass is the result of cutting corners

Plough, ph, ph, ph +drill vs spray and drill bearing in mind I only have 2 fields under mg index 7

 

[balerman]

Seems pretty logical to me, least that’s what I would do if I were them.

Thats what i thought.