Several groups and individuals concerned about glyphosate health issues are urging friends and neighbors to send their facts to an FDA advisory panel which is meeting Oct. 18 through 21 to evaluate the “carcinogenic potential” of glyphosate. We’ve collected some of their comments and include them below the green lines in this report. Here’s the …
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Sept. 29, 2016 — You’ve probably heard that the Chinese word character for “crisis” is a merger of two characters: “Danger” and “Opportunity.” Today’s farmers face one of the most insidious dangers of a generation — the threat of polluting our planet with toxins and unhealthy food. But that creates an awesome opportunity for farmers …
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Here’s another live example of how the growth promotant, Lignition, intensifies chlorophyl efficiency in converting carbon dioxide into plant sugars. Lignition developer Dave Sutherland sent this photo of maturing soybeans in southern Ontario. The beans had been drilled July 12 following harvest of winter canola. The seed is a DeKalb variety which needs 2,500 heat …
Double-crop beans… in CANADA…. after winter canola… could go 35 bu. Read More »
By Bob Streit Sept. 26, 2016 — Early harvest has started and in most cases is being delayed due to very wet soils. Rains amounts of up to 16 in. in the past week fell in parts of the Midwest, with the worst being in NE Iowa. 1. Very few people who walked corn …
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“Late-September cornfields on Dave Schwartz’ farm in Guthrie County, IA are amazing to see. They all contain bright green stalks with browning husks. Compared to neighbors’ fields, the difference is day versus night,” says crop consultant Bob Streit. Bob provided these photos from his Sept. 18 visit to Dave’s fields. We interviewed Dave for details …
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German parliament members “pilloried” Bayer’s buyout of Monsanto this week, report Bloomberg writers Patrick Donahue and Naomi Kresge. The debate Wednesday “laid bare the depth of resistance to Bayer buying a U.S. company that many Germans view as a champion of genetically-modified crops and a weedkiller they believe might cause cancer.” The writers quote one …
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As we enter the last half of September in our march to the start of harvest we seem to have two widely differing camps. On one side are the absolute lords of the high yield predictors who continue to insist that record yields are in every acre’s future and we will be drowning in excessive …
Consultant Streit: Is that predicted corn yield really out there? Read More »
The total pounds of active herbicide applied in the U.S. accelerated from 2005 to 2011. That’s the latest detailed data available reported in a comprehensive study by researchers at four universities. They include the University of Virginia, Iowa State University, Michigan State University, and Kansas State University. The trendline projected on through 2016 indicates that farmers will …
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The Environmental Protection Agency made available to the public on Sept. 12 a “Glyphosate Issue Paper: Evaluation of Carconogenic Potential” in which EPA cites a lack of evidence that glyphosate causes cancer. This document establishes the rationale for re-approval of glyphosate use in the United States. The key finding is that glyphosate is “not likely to …
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