Just realized it was put out back in March, but first I seen if it and don't recall it being posted here.
I have a lot of mixed feelings about it. I switched back to non-GMO beans about three years ago though. I almost feel like the fungicides are more dangerous than roundup but it's not like I'm a scientist either. I know we've gotten too damned dependent on roundup and chemicals in general.
I'm moving more towards living mulches, companion crops and organic all the time. A decade ago, I'd never have seen myself joining any kind of yuppie green movement but as far as chemicals are concerned, I'm beginning to respect both the safety as well as the lack of the chemical expense, more and more as I go along.
Do you farm as well? The guy that rents our place still sprays with Glyphosate. I'm considering to quit using it in our food plots.
Yeah, I try to though with the wet weather we had this year I'm not sure what I did this year would qualify as actual farming...it was more like flying a boat. I still use gly for a spring burndown but it's getting to where it misses about as much as it kills anyway.
I get the flying boat. It was wet enough here that when they planted they used a regular drill. It was heavy enough that it cut through the thatch well enough that it acted like a no-till drill. The field was just coming out of pasture after 20+ years.
I read that article awhile back. I believe it. GMO's have the same affect on the cattle and hogs that eat it also that are sold in the grocery store. We as a family try to eat as much non-GMO and organic food as possible. Although it is not always easy. Or cheap Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I'm not sure if the GMO grain is causing as much of the problem as the practices used to grow it. Commercial fertilizers and chemicals are harsh on the soil biotia and the high production is causing nutrient levels in grain to drop because of it. Soil isn't able to sustain 250 bushel corn on corn on corn without something in the system giving somewhere. It does it by shear volume of fertilizer and the soil is just a medium to hold the fertilizer but there's more to grain (plants) than fertility to grow it, it needs mineralization that microbes provide to gain the protein levels that healthy grain should have. action/reaction, cause and effect, the ripple effect shows up long after the pebble hits the water.
You should definitely look to do this. My employer is the largest organic wine company in the world. They've been farming organically since 1989 and it's amazing how much stronger those vines are compared to traditional vines. Water costs are almost non-existent and there are zero synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. I'm definitely not a hippy type person but I've seen firsthand the benefits of organic from the farmers perspective. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
