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What are you using it for? Very familiar with raven
But yes, diversity is KEY!
These nutrients become plant available again thanks to diverse fauna that live in the soil who break down OM into its basic elements.
The residual material left after harvest is packed full of most of the nutrients used up by the plant to produce the seed. Once decomposed..
I wouldn't say an "enormous amount". These tools are obviously utilized but only when completely necessary and at appropriate/safe rates.
Dark brown soil zone just north of 49th. Go riders!
I doubt the managers/owners do. Maybe when it rains..
Most of our machinery has factory GPS that drive laser straight to reduce fuel/fert/chemical use as well as reduce time/overlap
Could have wheat, canola, peas, lentils, durum, flax, oats, barley, mustard, sunflowers or soybeans on any given year
On that same note, using practices that are bad for the land are bad for your finances. It pays to protect your most important assets: land.
be counterproductive to use practices that harm the benefitials
We rely greatly on beneficial insicts to pollinate all of our crops. We help protect them as best we can as they are a necessity. Would...
Most of our machinery has GPS guidance. This is mostly for efficiency. The tech is not there yet for full automation. Needs babysitting yet
Rotating different varieties of crops greatly reduces disease and pest risk. The same crop over and over allows disease and pests to thrive
GPS guidance, however these do not drive themselves. An operator must be present and will be busy controlling other aspects of the machine.
True in western Canada. Mainly Sask. Which is home to 49% of Canada's total arable landmass. Multi-billion $ industry on its knees
Leaving many Candaian farmers, as well as shippers, handlers, and crushers in very difficult financial positions. This is especially...
Absolutley huge market for many agricultural products. In particular, canola. Since the arrest of Meng. the canola markets have plummeted...
The same. I dont know a single farmer who would over apply because it would be 1. Costly and 2. A waste of time.
Yes. farms spray glyphosate with high clearance or aerial crop sprayers. Regardless of the application method the rates are generally
Pls. Talk to a farmer. Get their perspective, and be open to the facts of a production system you may know nothing about.
"GROW" faster it only eliminates competition taking up needed moisture and nutrients. GM results in MORE production with way LESS chemical.
2) as a small farmer utilizing GM products as little at 0.3 of a Liter/ acre (43560 sqft) will control competing weed. It doesn't make crops
1) never understood where people got this idea that farmers are "drenching" their crops in Glyphosate (R.UP). This has never been the case.
Meanwhile in 2019 https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2019/01/statement-from-health-canada-on-glyphosate.html
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2018/03/20/far-more-toxic-than-glyphosate-copper-sulfate-used-by-organic-and-conventional-farmers-cruises
Could you expand on this?
As a producer utilizing GM crops and glypo I can positively confirm that they allow us to apply much LESS chemical and burn much LESS diesel
What are you using it for? Very familiar with raven
But yes, diversity is KEY!
These nutrients become plant available again thanks to diverse fauna that live in the soil who break down OM into its basic elements.
The residual material left after harvest is packed full of most of the nutrients used up by the plant to produce the seed. Once decomposed..
I wouldn't say an "enormous amount". These tools are obviously utilized but only when completely necessary and at appropriate/safe rates.
Dark brown soil zone just north of 49th. Go riders!
I doubt the managers/owners do. Maybe when it rains..
Most of our machinery has factory GPS that drive laser straight to reduce fuel/fert/chemical use as well as reduce time/overlap
Could have wheat, canola, peas, lentils, durum, flax, oats, barley, mustard, sunflowers or soybeans on any given year
On that same note, using practices that are bad for the land are bad for your finances. It pays to protect your most important assets: land.
be counterproductive to use practices that harm the benefitials
We rely greatly on beneficial insicts to pollinate all of our crops. We help protect them as best we can as they are a necessity. Would...
Most of our machinery has GPS guidance. This is mostly for efficiency. The tech is not there yet for full automation. Needs babysitting yet
Rotating different varieties of crops greatly reduces disease and pest risk. The same crop over and over allows disease and pests to thrive
GPS guidance, however these do not drive themselves. An operator must be present and will be busy controlling other aspects of the machine.
True in western Canada. Mainly Sask. Which is home to 49% of Canada's total arable landmass. Multi-billion $ industry on its knees
Leaving many Candaian farmers, as well as shippers, handlers, and crushers in very difficult financial positions. This is especially...
Absolutley huge market for many agricultural products. In particular, canola. Since the arrest of Meng. the canola markets have plummeted...
The same. I dont know a single farmer who would over apply because it would be 1. Costly and 2. A waste of time.
Yes. farms spray glyphosate with high clearance or aerial crop sprayers. Regardless of the application method the rates are generally
Pls. Talk to a farmer. Get their perspective, and be open to the facts of a production system you may know nothing about.
"GROW" faster it only eliminates competition taking up needed moisture and nutrients. GM results in MORE production with way LESS chemical.
2) as a small farmer utilizing GM products as little at 0.3 of a Liter/ acre (43560 sqft) will control competing weed. It doesn't make crops
1) never understood where people got this idea that farmers are "drenching" their crops in Glyphosate (R.UP). This has never been the case.
Meanwhile in 2019 https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2019/01/statement-from-health-canada-on-glyphosate.html
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2018/03/20/far-more-toxic-than-glyphosate-copper-sulfate-used-by-organic-and-conventional-farmers-cruises
Could you expand on this?
As a producer utilizing GM crops and glypo I can positively confirm that they allow us to apply much LESS chemical and burn much LESS diesel