Posted by JMS/.MN on November 02, 2009 at 17:18:10 from (209.237.107.155):
In Reply to: Re: Spraying Round Up posted by Miss Grundy Class of 2000 on November 02, 2009 at 14:24:24:
I"m not surprised at the criticism....it was expected, yet I made my post with no trepidation. I"m a semi-retired full-time farmer...one who cares about the image we project. The public has legitimate concerns about herbicide and fertilizer use. Real farmers calibrate their equipment and know how many gallons per acre of water are applied, along with the rate per acre of herbicide, oftentimes down to a fraction of an OUNCE!. We don"t mix a percentage of water and herbicide. We don"t double up applications. When herbicides show up in ground water, who gets blamed? The farmer- not the part-timer who doesn"t have a clue what he put on. I don"t know about herbicides, but the total pounds of fertilizer applied for urban uses is MORE than what is used for agricultural use. (Source? American Fertilizer Institute) Yet, who gets blamed for run-off? Inexperienced people need to learn, and it takes more than any one minute message that can be gotten here. Until then, park the equipment.
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