Most hated weed?

[farmaholic]

express isn't registered but some are using it for a better kill at burnoff .

buc m seems hard on the flax compared to curtail !

BUC M has a better control spectrum but can't beat Curtail on the thistle family.

Weather conditions shortly before, during and shortly after determine how hard the flax gets affected by BUC M.

[Guest]

There have been NO successful attempts at the alternatives to mainstream production practices in this district, only failures....even at the dramatically higher prices being paid. Absolutely none. Tried and failed. Dismally, they couldn't make a living doing it and would have fed very few people doing it.

We are using the tools made available to us, if you don't like it.....that's not my problem. It will be business as usual.
Everyone should buy and consume what ever they can afford and choose, the beauty of freedom of choice.

Keep looking through the organic keyhole with both eyes at the same time because only some one as narrow minded as yourself can do it.

To each their own. I don't care if someone chooses either production model, not worth my time to care. Both have a purpose.

I see austrabasement dweller got tired of replying to his own replys on his roundup thread
Think he was trying to get record amount of posts till everyone quit playing with him , lol

[hobbyfrmr]

I am not against spraying. Spray to your heart’s content.
This is simply an observation.
We have been spraying weeds at least once a year, every year, for about 45 years and we still have weeds. Nature is pretty cool. Everything in nature wants to live and propagate.
Look at your fencelines/headlands. Run a nozzle against the grassy fence line to “clean up” the grass and canada thistle replaces the grass. Now you have an intermittent line of canada thistle.
When the middle of August sets in, drive around, look at the ditches, fence lines, pastures, abandoned rail beds. Sow thistle, canada thistle, yellow/white clover and grass is all in bloom.

[farmaholic]

Mother Nature is more persistent than any farmer ever will be. In the end she is the winner. No matter which production model is chosen. There is more in common than some people care to admit!

Good luck this year and take care hobby.

[hobbyfrmr]

Thanks Farma.

I was reading another thread and somebody mentioned cleavers. I dont remember having cleavers since I stopped growing canola. I dont know where it went to but basically non existent.
Wild mustard has replaced cleavers on this farm. 🙂 This “no spraying” bullshit is not a good idea I would never encourage it.

[jamesb]

I think back to the 1980's when I started farming. This is before direct seeding and regular roundup use.
Quack grass was a big one for us, especially on lighter land that we didn't want to work as much. Wild millet and Russian thistle are others that have become less and less of an issue with changes to how we farm. I always have felt with a good diverse crop rotation weed problems get looked after, but crop economics make us divert from the plan. Dr Dwayne Beck at Pierre SD always had a very good plan for crop rotations that dealt with weed issues to a great extant but the bottom line is always what pays best. The warm season / cool season broadleaf and grass no till crops can have a huge affect on the weed bank.