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What will the no tillers do ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Simon C" data-source="post: 4353326" data-attributes="member: 319"><p>Unfortunately this isn't true. I have loads of test results of water coming out of my land drains which are under fields that have not been cultivated for 10 years, I have attached one as an example. 3800 ug/l Glyphosate and 3100 ug/l AMPA, which is the chemical that glyphosate breaks down into. This sample was collected in March after an application the previous September. </p><p></p><p>I am sorry to say that if this much glyphosate is in the soil water, then it is also in the plants and so must also be in the food we produce.</p><p></p><p>Now I need glyphosate as much as any no-till farmer, but these are the basic facts that we can't get away from. Consumers have every right to expect their food to be free from chemicals (The customer is always right), but the problem with glyphosate is that it is used so extensively throughout the world that it is showing up in just about any food product they choose to test.</p><p></p><p>For my part, I have introduced a couple of perennial crops to my rotation so that I am not spraying the whole farm every year, and try to keep no more than 3 litres in any one year. If I want to destroy a cover in the winter, knowing I will have to spray again before drilling a Spring crop, I only use 1 litre, then follow up with 1.5 or 2.</p><p></p><p>After seeing glyphosate in these water tests, this strategy is obviously not enough, so this Autumn I have had an idea to try and get it broken down much more quickly. I have been using this L-CBF BOOST (<a href="https://www.qlfagronomy.co.uk/products/l-cbf-boost/" target="_blank">https://www.qlfagronomy.co.uk/products/l-cbf-boost/</a>) with my liquid nitrogen for a few years now and so thought I would try it in with the glyphosate as a biological stimulant and feed. Several test strips with and without 10 lts/ha have proved that it makes no difference to the efficacy or speed of kill, so I have done all my autumn drilled land with it this year, with a few missed area for residue testing later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simon C, post: 4353326, member: 319"] Unfortunately this isn't true. I have loads of test results of water coming out of my land drains which are under fields that have not been cultivated for 10 years, I have attached one as an example. 3800 ug/l Glyphosate and 3100 ug/l AMPA, which is the chemical that glyphosate breaks down into. This sample was collected in March after an application the previous September. I am sorry to say that if this much glyphosate is in the soil water, then it is also in the plants and so must also be in the food we produce. Now I need glyphosate as much as any no-till farmer, but these are the basic facts that we can't get away from. Consumers have every right to expect their food to be free from chemicals (The customer is always right), but the problem with glyphosate is that it is used so extensively throughout the world that it is showing up in just about any food product they choose to test. For my part, I have introduced a couple of perennial crops to my rotation so that I am not spraying the whole farm every year, and try to keep no more than 3 litres in any one year. If I want to destroy a cover in the winter, knowing I will have to spray again before drilling a Spring crop, I only use 1 litre, then follow up with 1.5 or 2. After seeing glyphosate in these water tests, this strategy is obviously not enough, so this Autumn I have had an idea to try and get it broken down much more quickly. I have been using this L-CBF BOOST ([URL]https://www.qlfagronomy.co.uk/products/l-cbf-boost/[/URL]) with my liquid nitrogen for a few years now and so thought I would try it in with the glyphosate as a biological stimulant and feed. Several test strips with and without 10 lts/ha have proved that it makes no difference to the efficacy or speed of kill, so I have done all my autumn drilled land with it this year, with a few missed area for residue testing later. [/QUOTE]
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