Round up then graze

[Reece1503]

Thinking of direct drilling some old pp, was wondering if grass can be grazed after spraying with glyphosphate the same as it can be cut and baled or is grazing a bad idea thanks in advance

 

[Still Farming]

As per product label we guess!

 

[neilo]

^this, legally.

If the glyphosate product that you use has a grazing interval specified (usually 5 days iirc), then it is permissible to do so. Many products don’t have that recc though, in which case, it wouldn’t be allowed....

 

[Bury the Trash]

I wouldnt mind a pound for everytime this sort of glypho question is asked

 

[Jameshenry]

Would you want to eat grass after it's had glyphos on it ? I certainly wouldn't !

 

[Highland Mule]

Would you want to eat grass after it's had glyphos on it ? I certainly wouldn't !

And yet we do all the time with products made from grain grown here.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

And yet we do all the time with products made from grain grown here.

Sprayed off just before being combined

 

[cotswoldcs]

We've done it lots of times and sheep are fine with it. I've even seen them rush off a green PP field into a sprayed off ley. We've done grass before mowing for silage as well so I don't see a problem. Used Roundup Ulitimate for mowing grass as it's safer. Apparantly it's not the glyphosate that's harmful, it's the adjuvents/ additives they put in the cheaper products.

 

[jonnyjon]

And yet we do all the time with products made from grain grown here.

Totally wrong imv

 

[FIL46]

M if there is enough grass to graze why not eat it down hard, Then spray as you will need less product and get a better result, that's what I would be doing

 

[Chae1]

Hope its safe to eat. I put 5l/ha of roundup max on a silage field then they cut and baled it 5 days later.

 

[jonnyjon]

We've done it lots of times and sheep are fine with it. I've even seen them rush off a green PP field into a sprayed off ley. We've done grass before mowing for silage as well so I don't see a problem. Used Roundup Ulitimate for mowing grass as it's safer. Apparantly it's not the glyphosate that's harmful, it's the adjuvents/ additives they put in the cheaper products.

That I'll be another lie fed to us by the industry and a good way of justifying the more expensive product imv

 

[neilo]

We've done it lots of times and sheep are fine with it. I've even seen them rush off a green PP field into a sprayed off ley. We've done grass before mowing for silage as well so I don't see a problem. Used Roundup Ulitimate for mowing grass as it's safer. Apparantly it's not the glyphosate that's harmful, it's the adjuvents/ additives they put in the cheaper products.

As part of the way glyphosate kills a plant, it apparently raises sugar levels in the plant after a few days, making it more palatable to graze as well as fermenting better when ensiled.