Chemical reps...what is the right thing to say?

[bucket]

What didn't work? Weed control?

What was the temperature during the day and the time you sprayed?

I think it got to 26c during the day even though the weather forecast said it would be 29 which is why I called Bayer prior to spraying....night time Bayer now says it was below 10c which wasn't an issue when I called them....they said spray in the evening...

Now the excuse is it was too cool in the evening on either side of my spraying....phuck sakes....

[farming101]

Gee it's just a bit of Buctril. What is the matter with Bayer?

[bucket]

Gee it's just a bit of Buctril. What is the matter with Bayer?

Its not just a pallet plus of Buctril M ...its the loss of crop and the dockage in the flax ....Now I will have to clean the flax after or take a discount....not get the yield potential....

I can afford any chemical I need ...but I can not afford for it not to work.

[farming101]

I know but I have never had a chemical company do anything more than pay for the spray

[bigzee]

Bucket, quick question were you out “possibly” spraying in the wind when you applied this?
We have had a couple of those days.
I’m surprised they haven’t come up with that excuse yet!

[tweety]

I think it got to 26c during the day even though the weather forecast said it would be 29 which is why I called Bayer prior to spraying....night time Bayer now says it was below 10c which wasn't an issue when I called them....they said spray in the evening...

Now the excuse is it was too cool in the evening on either side of my spraying....phuck sakes....

Do you have access to the actual temperature that evening from a local weather monitoring station, or Farmzone?

[SASKFARMER]

I feel your our pain is what I get when guys ask how much rain we have had. Yea it’s code for this guy won’t buy anything so off our list till next year.

[bucket]

Bucket, quick question were you out “possibly” spraying in the wind when you applied this?
We have had a couple of those days.
I’m surprised they haven’t come up with that excuse yet!

No it was not windy.

And I don't have the historical records but apparently Bayer does.

[dmlfarmer]

Its not just a pallet plus of Buctril M ...its the loss of crop and the dockage in the flax ....Now I will have to clean the flax after or take a discount....not get the yield potential....

I can afford any chemical I need ...but I can not afford for it not to work.

an even bigger cost (loss) is the increase in weed seeds in seed bank when spray does not work. I fought increased wild oat pressure for years after a WO spray did not work at all.

[tweety]

You can go here and easily get the data from as far back as 1840.

https://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_e.html https://climate.weather.gc.ca/historical_data/search_historic_data_e.html