Posted by Wilamayb on July 11, 2014 at 18:27:33 from (71.15.152.45):
In Reply to: Re: Round and 'round posted by Allan In NE on July 11, 2014 at 16:06:55:
Even the name brand stuff at full price is only $7 an acre. Even if it cost you $10 an acre to apply the stuff that's only $17 an acre. I sure thought that would be cheaper than disk blades, tires and diesel fuel on a per acre basis? It doesn't take much fuel to pull a sprayer with a 50' swath.
Using roundup rather than the disk isn't being lazy. It's being input minded and good a steward of the land. That disk causes compaction and loss of organic matter every time it gets pulled through the field. I'm pretty sure no one would classify you as lazy for such an act.
Not trying to run your show, I just dont know that I fully understand and was wondering. There must be something I dont understand.
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