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The future of arable cropping
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<blockquote data-quote="Two Tone" data-source="post: 6685672" data-attributes="member: 44728"><p>I bet you have never had Blackgrass on your land.</p><p>You want to hope I don't come stamping my muddy boots over it!</p><p></p><p>Ploughing never was the answer for Couch control, as you know full well, was it?</p><p>What about the methane emissions from your rotting crop residue left unburied on the surface?</p><p></p><p>Ploughing probably costs a lot less than you think.</p><p>How much does it cost to run your sprayer?</p><p>I only now use Glyphosate for OSR where necessary.</p><p></p><p>As for the Environment, CO2 and methane emissions, a certain well-known NIAB / Ag Uni professor and I are going to be doing a lot of research on this (on BG infested land) to see what the true facts are about it all and just how good or bad each system really is environmentally per kg of wheat produced.</p><p></p><p>It will include everything from all types of crop establishment, all sprays used and in particular Nitrate usage (inc. CO2 sequestration).</p><p>We want to establish all the fact and not just the half-truth (usually the bad news) opinions.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I have already established that using optimal levels of Nitrate (which here is RB209 less 20%) sequestrates 2.5 times <strong><u>MORE</u></strong> tonnes of CO2 than the actual weight of the grain we sell, compared to a crop that had no nitrate applied.</p><p></p><p>Which begs the question: When are we going to get paid for this service we do to the environment?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Two Tone, post: 6685672, member: 44728"] I bet you have never had Blackgrass on your land. You want to hope I don't come stamping my muddy boots over it! Ploughing never was the answer for Couch control, as you know full well, was it? What about the methane emissions from your rotting crop residue left unburied on the surface? Ploughing probably costs a lot less than you think. How much does it cost to run your sprayer? I only now use Glyphosate for OSR where necessary. As for the Environment, CO2 and methane emissions, a certain well-known NIAB / Ag Uni professor and I are going to be doing a lot of research on this (on BG infested land) to see what the true facts are about it all and just how good or bad each system really is environmentally per kg of wheat produced. It will include everything from all types of crop establishment, all sprays used and in particular Nitrate usage (inc. CO2 sequestration). We want to establish all the fact and not just the half-truth (usually the bad news) opinions. I have already established that using optimal levels of Nitrate (which here is RB209 less 20%) sequestrates 2.5 times [B][U]MORE[/U][/B] tonnes of CO2 than the actual weight of the grain we sell, compared to a crop that had no nitrate applied. Which begs the question: When are we going to get paid for this service we do to the environment? [/QUOTE]
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