shakerator
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The irony is we will have more glyphosate in our food if it is banned
I looked at the crimper thing in detail a few years ago. What a few people using crimpers don't tell you is that you need to plough to establish the cover crop
But nothing particularly tangible. Certainly there are worse chemicals we are out there using
I'm hopeful (wishful thinking) the chem companies have a glyphosate alternative up their sleeves.
The environmental lobby won't be satisfied until the people start to starve.
Post-Brexit why do we need to ban it, are the EU proposing to ban imports from the rest of the world who will continue using it?
What time scale do you expect in this ban coming into place?
I can't see how they can ban glypho without a rise in food prices, and I can't see a government accepting that?
But where will all the wheat come from to cover the shortfall in European production as grassweeds take a hold?it will just be imported from countries where glypho isn't banned and a lot of silly UK farmers will just carry on regardless with higher fixed cost structure and make even less than they do now subsidising food production from there asset wealth
food prices wont rise
I can't see how they can ban glypho without a rise in food prices, and I can't see a government accepting that?
What do they mean y glyphosate as a drying agent?Well I hate to say it and really thought it couldn't really happen but a ban looks like reality to me now - recent meetings with a couple who are close to this and they seem to think we will loose it, German vote is what it all hinges upon and they are very green lobby influenced, even if they abstain we loose it as I understand the situation
price rise on glyphosate this week as farmers start to stock up
not sure what the best way forward will be for my farming system, my posts earlier in this thread maybe the best option :-( shame as i love farming
Might be able to make multi pass shallow tillage work, not even going to consider a return to the plough as although agronomically it may work whats the point if financially it doesn't
What do they mean y glyphosate as a drying agent?
But where will all the wheat come from to cover the shortfall in European production as grassweeds take a hold?
Yes of course, i googled it after. Drying agent Sounded more sinister than thatpre harvest ?