Ag-guy you mention from time to time how our soil health is decreasing and we now need to use fungicides more and more to combat disease.
I would counter that by saying fungicides are not being used to hold yields but to boost them substantially.
I can remember when a 30 bushel/acre wheat was considered a good crop. Now with fungicides that would be considered a disaster with average crops double that yield.
Now I know fertilizer rates are being pushed as well, but I have experienced heavily fertilized crops with no fungicide growing huge amounts of straw and yielding very poorly.
I am not trying to say you're (ag-guy)wrong, just trying to gain more of an understanding of what you're reasons are.
I would counter that by saying fungicides are not being used to hold yields but to boost them substantially.
I can remember when a 30 bushel/acre wheat was considered a good crop. Now with fungicides that would be considered a disaster with average crops double that yield.
Now I know fertilizer rates are being pushed as well, but I have experienced heavily fertilized crops with no fungicide growing huge amounts of straw and yielding very poorly.
I am not trying to say you're (ag-guy)wrong, just trying to gain more of an understanding of what you're reasons are.
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