Bayer to stop selling roundup?

[SwampCat]

reports indicate that Sri Lanka's food production did experience a significant drop after banning glyphosate and other agrochemicals, with some estimates suggesting a 50% drop. Specifically, agricultural production dropped by 54% in the 2021 Maha season. This drastic decline was due to the sudden shift to organic farming, which left farmers struggling to manage weeds and pests without the aid of glyphosate and other agrochemicals. For example, Foreign Policy reported that rice production could have fallen by 35%, tea by 50%, corn by 50%, and coconut by 30%

 

[Turkey Creek]

I can remember back in the late 60’s - I was early teens - before gly. my cousin farmed about 60 acres in NW MO. I would go there in the summers - and we would walk the soybean rows - four rows apart, me and my two cousins - three abreast with hoe in hand. We would start at daylight and work until about 11 or noon, chopping sunflowers, johnson grass, and more. Get to the end of the field and start over. If you didnt do that, by late summer you could not see the beans in the field for the weeds. Fifty cents an hour he paid me.

That was a right of passage for most farm kids where I grew up back in the day. Nothing like coming home sopping wet (lower half from dew on the plants and upper half from sweat). You would hope that your shoes would dry enough so that at least you had moderately dry feet on the ride to the field in the morning.

 

[bigboreblr]

I cant even remember the last time I saw a harrow setup for weeding.

When a farmer gets a big spry rig, thats usually the sign he's going places in the agri business here in NY. Like a convience store owner's first new car.