Heat gets added to the LIST

[furrowtickler]

So... what is labeled and what is not with fall desiccating with heat?????
This seems to be very fukin grey area kinda like clever.. ans is going to be very costly to some who were told the wrong info..

[farmaholic]

Look boys, there's always a new gig. Just when the peasants wise up or see through the smoke and mirrors something else is dreamt up. Now that we know there can't be any Unicorn shit in the grain or Fairy dust infection and alot of the other regular nuicances aren't an issue this year there has to be something.

SOOEY, SOOEY, SOOEY.....

[furrowtickler]

Sadly your right Farma

[Klause]

Canola, flax, all cereals, beans, peas, lentils, sunflowers


Are all labeled for heat.


FYI


High input doesn't mean higher cost. Pushing more of a plan's energy into seed vs. Straw saves fuel time and puts nutrients where they make us money.


I'm not going against a multinational grain company. I just completely ignore them when it suites our farm.


Kinda like how they completely ignore farmers if they feel like it.

[Tandem007]

Heat doesn't have MRLs for Europe. Grain co is just trying to protect the few markets left for flax for export. its not as though there is a waiting list for flax out of canada right now

[Tandem007]

See tech bulletin from BASF. This is an older bulletin but still applies for 2015.

https://agro.basf.ca/West/Products/Related_Files/Heat_Dessicant_Harv_Aid_Tech_Sheet.pdf

Companies recommending you to use Heat aren't doing your farm any favours....

[sjc]

Klaus
Quit telling people Heat is good for all cereals. It is not. BASF is not supporting it's use on cereals. It has not supported it all year. https://agro.basf.ca/West/KnowledgeCenter/AgSolutionsAdvisor/CurrentIssue/PreHarvest/index.html

[Klause]

The question was what is it labeled for.


Heat is a dessicant in pulses and oilseeds and an additive for weed control in cereals.... I e better control of thistle kochia etc.

That's what's on the LABEL.


The article you refer to simply talks about its dessicant properties.


The whole system is broken.

If certain markets have a problem why the hell was it approved for use.

MRLs should be set before a product is registered.

[riders2010]

Well do we have a department of agriculture or not? For frick sakes this is what happens when you get an industry where companies selling products monitor them selves. Guess who is gonna collect money and who is gonna have a big expense out of all this.

[farmaholic]

There better not have been any "chem shed door recommondations", that are now proving to be troublesome, from the same companies that both supply crop inputs and buy the grain!!

Ultimately whose responsiblilty is it? If its not on the label-thats the first indication. If its on and not accepted by some end users, I guess they have the right to refuse it.

Didn't the Pulse Growers put out a warning a while back indicating potential problems with certain desiccants in certain markets?