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Glyphosate - we have 5 years
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<blockquote data-quote="Guy Smith" data-source="post: 4601460" data-attributes="member: 4630"><p>Glyphosate should always only be used for good agronomic reasons on the back of professional advice from a qualified agronomist. It should not be used routinely - that's bad practice that could encourage resistance. </p><p></p><p>But there are good reasons to use it preharvest in crops with uneven ripening such as OSR or where there are perennial weeds such a couch ( I tend to find the under 40s have forgotten couch grass not realising glyphosate is the reason we don't have it anymore - in the 1960s it was the number one arable weed on heavy soils). The are also good GHG saving reasons to use glyphosate pre harvest thereby reducing carbon footprint.</p><p></p><p>I'd be wary of the argument along the lines 'let's forgo pre harvest use so we can keep autumn use'. Once the anti pesticide lobby have seen us concede pre harvest use they will push for a total ban.</p><p></p><p>One reason why there are detectable residues of glyphosate in waterways is that glyphosate is approved for use in waterways to control pernicious aquatic weeds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guy Smith, post: 4601460, member: 4630"] Glyphosate should always only be used for good agronomic reasons on the back of professional advice from a qualified agronomist. It should not be used routinely - that's bad practice that could encourage resistance. But there are good reasons to use it preharvest in crops with uneven ripening such as OSR or where there are perennial weeds such a couch ( I tend to find the under 40s have forgotten couch grass not realising glyphosate is the reason we don't have it anymore - in the 1960s it was the number one arable weed on heavy soils). The are also good GHG saving reasons to use glyphosate pre harvest thereby reducing carbon footprint. I'd be wary of the argument along the lines 'let's forgo pre harvest use so we can keep autumn use'. Once the anti pesticide lobby have seen us concede pre harvest use they will push for a total ban. One reason why there are detectable residues of glyphosate in waterways is that glyphosate is approved for use in waterways to control pernicious aquatic weeds. [/QUOTE]
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