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Originally Posted by The Fonz
I sell chemical for a living. The increase in usage is a result of record low chemical costs + record high seeded acres.
Example: GMO RoundupReady canola. Farmers spray it with .5L/ac of Roundup to control weeds in-crop. A half liter of roundup weighs about .5 kilograms.
Conventional non-GMO canola. Farmers would spread 6.8kg/ac of ethafluralin prior to seeding, then spray .25L/ac of clethodim in-crop.
An acre of GMO RR Canola has about 6kg/ac less herbicide on it than an acre of conventional non-GMO Canola would.
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http://www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=0a05f6f5-a8e4-4a4a-bcfd-7e911a675afe
Seeded acres in Saskatchewan in 2012 were up 18% from 2011, and up 8% from the 10 year average (2002-2011).
This has obviously had a major impact on the kg/ac of herbicides applied, as summerfallow acres are at record lows.
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This is incredible information about GMO crops. I often blog about GMO's, and this is the kind of data that I can shove up the posterior of GMO refusers.
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