Please tell us why Submit. Learn More. Mow high for weed and grub control. Grub damage to lawns is being reported now in drought-stricken parts of Michigan. Hairy bittercress: A weed to watch out for.
Also, the vast majority of farmers still disc or chisel or both their land every year. Farming no or low till is more common but requires specialized equipment.
We can talk all we want about the environment, but round up for most farmers is convenient and easy to use and that is why they use it. They do not use it because it is better for the environment or to till their land less. Actually, many farmers do use glyphosate to reduce tillage. They use glyphosate to control weeds, not just for the enjoyment.
Are you concerned about the tillage merry go round of organic farming. There are multiple trips per year destroying the soil structure. JC , no you prefer organic corn with worse pesticides then glyphosate, neither will effect you though since its only trace amounts. An acre is approx the size of a football field including endzones. If that is considered "bathed", I'd hate to consider your hygene habits.
I actually farm 36, acres in southwest Kansas 15, acres in eastern Colorado and 12, acres in Washington state I actually quit using round up ready grains to the fact that I have noticed I have a hard time getting a good kill with round up like I used to.
Round up is an absolutely safe fantastic product for no till Applications or for borders and or corners of circles pivot points field roads etc. We had a field covered in grasshoppers one time Ariel Applied Gramoxone I went out there a week later and there was dead grasshoppers everywhere. When we handle this product on the farm we use Tyvek suits facemasks and respirators as well as rubber gloves look up the ingredients do your research!
But due to the fact that the federal government and the liberal activists have pushed most Farms across the country to go no till versus old conventional farming Because of the dust pollution now you guys have to deal with the chemical pollution we put out in the air dust settles and hits the ground.
Anyways hope this helps! We can take the same data, and arrive at opposite conclusions, not because of the data itself, but what that data is indicating. For example, if less tillage was the only indicator of sustainability, then GM is the way to go.
The same is true for less herbicide use, and so on. GM crops do not have increased rates of cancer and there is no reduction in nutrient content. Some particular GM crops specifically have higher nutrient content. It ends up in our food. If you eat food, you now are forced to consume some amount of this cancerous roundup.
Even applied in the best practice and even when food is washed thoroughly before processing, inevitably the herbicide will end up being consumed to a certain degree. David, Its not proven even to even be a probable carcinogen and your exposure is very small from food. You seem extremely worried about this so i ask you, do you live in a city and use sealed gas mask when you go outside?
Do you fry food in a pan or eat chips? The science for this being carcinogenic is much stronger than glyphosphate although actual risk is not established. You neglect the environmental damage to soil critters, bacteria and fungal mycorrhiza by glyphosate. Interruption of the mutual relationships within soil communities is a recipe for disaster:. I thought the point of organic crops and promotion of them is that the farmers are not allowed to use chemicals? Organic crops all a con?
The point of organic crops is to scare consumers into paying more for something with no additional value. Your point has noting to do with conventional vs organic. And, people can give awards to their buddies for anything. As I state in my article, the HR crops themselves do not affect the environment any differently than conventional crops. Therefore, the assessment in the paper you cite is based on weed management practices. It is true that herbicides such as glyphosate are more benign than older herbicides, which I do state in the article.
Therefore, this weed management practice is better for the environment as you stated in your comment and as I stated in the article, actually. However, spraying these new herbicides alone strongly pressures the development of herbicide-resistant weeds. When these weeds dominate the cropland, the weed management practice described in the paper just spraying the new herbicides is no longer tenable, and the reduced environmental impact is largely lost because farmers must revert to tilling and intensifying their herbicide use, which includes the application of outdated herbicides.
To be clear, my ultimate point is not that we should eschew HR crops. Your view of weed control is over simplistic. Organic production relies heavily on tillage which increases erosion potential, requires greater amounts of fuel, causes compactions,. Thank you. That would make more sense. GM crops are typically patented. Sustainability implies independence. And nobody has mentioned anything about the dangers of GMO products consumed by other organisms including humans.
In the caption for Figure 1, I believe you have a mistake. Roundup is an herbicide, not an insecticide. By now the health impact of using glyphosate pre-harvest on nearly all the food staples of the USA is clearly visible.
Please Youtube the lectures of Dr Stephanie Seneff. Stephanie Seneff has a PhD in computer science, not medicine, pathology, physiology, or any other biological science. She is unqualified fear-monger. She switched her focus and educated herself in their, just like we all could if we decided to. William Albrecht started off as a medical student but switched his major to AG when he decided he could do more to help more people in the world by promoting healthier farming practices and producing more nutritious food.
Look him up. He has the answer to the NPK farming frailties and super insecticides. Soil minerals are pretty cheap but provide the basics that help plants resist insects. He promoted the use of cation exchange capacity and base saturation for making fertilizer recommendation. You should look him up and actually try to understand what he wrote. You should consider a very basic soil science class if you are going to chat about this topic.
Larry, what is your educational background focused in? Without a background in computer science, anything you post really has no validity.
You make no sense. This is an error that anyone with even an extremely basics stats class would be aware of. I have a PhD in agronomy which is the topic of this article. So, what I post is more scientifically valid than what a computer programmer writes about pesticides. Can you direct me to peer reviewed studies comparing the effects on humans of synthetic pesticides like glyphosate and 2,4D to the natural pesticides used in organic farming?
Can you direct me to studies showing the long term environmental impact of the above mentioned pesticides both natural and synthetic? This is a great explanation! As a health professional, I find myself reminded of the similar problem of antibiotic resistance in bacteria. It makes me wonder if the farming community will do better at combating this looming issues than the medical community has with antibiotic overuse.
Lovely article. I only wish it had addressed the potential human health impacts of having so much glyphosate in our food supply. With so much corn, soy, wheat, canola oil, and sugar being eaten by Americans each day, exposure levels and their consequences deserve a closer look. Was this intentional? Pesticide is a general term that can apply to something that kills any pest in agriculture, this usually means weeds or insects. Herbicide is more specific, as something that kills plants or in this case weeds.
So glyphosphate is both a pesticide and a herbicide. This was a well-written calmly argued and well substantiated article. However, would like to make a couple general comments.
One, the development and spread of a lot of herbicide resistant weeds, particularly pigweed amaranth and waterhemp , in the US is a fact and has posed challenges for a number of farmers to the point that they are having difficulty managing them with chemicals.
Two, in the long run having vast monocultures is not sustainable as they are inherently prone to being disrupted by various pathogens, insects, and undesired plants. I cited Union of Concerned Scientists. Some studies seem to indicate that the chemical glyphosate may cause cancer in humans based upon different forms and levels of exposure. There have also been thousands of Roundup class action lawsuits due to exposure to glyphosate leading to cancer.
So how long does Roundup stay in soil? How long glyphosate stays in the soil depends on who you ask. This is because some international organizations now believe that glyphosate is a possible carcinogen. If Roundup is, in fact, a carcinogen, then those people who come in close contact with the weed killer or consume food treated with or near this product may have serious cause for concern regarding their health.
Monsanto, the company that created Roundup, and other companies with a direct interest in the outcome of the research often commissioned those unpublished studies. Conversely, the IARC relied heavily upon peer-reviewed studies that were intentionally neutral and not funded by any interested party. Just as there are differences regarding the dangers of Roundup, there are also scientific debates regarding the danger that soil contamination poses to humans over time. Any prolonged or extensive use of glyphosate-containing products such as Roundup should continue to be of serious interest to scientists.
Continued research needs to occur regarding both the environmental risks and the risks to humans with respect to this possible carcinogen. Mexico and the Netherlands have imposed new restrictions, and Canada has just begun a process to consider new rules.
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