| kurt - 5/4/2026 20:10
Could the wide spread use of glyphosate have an effect? I hear some talk about the chelation effect of glyphosate on the soil, could it be changing soil structure? When you get out of mainstream ag the conversions get interesting.
We all need to not stick our head in the sand and say it is just what it is. Farmers do not count to the general population, the few that do are certainly not the Bayer/ Corteva/ Syngenta customers.
I would speculate glypho has actually indirectly improved soil structure as it allowed less tillage. It made the conversion to less tillage and/or no-till more doable for many. If you have a cover crop, there isn't a lot of glypho reaching the ground, instead mainly intercepted by green leaves and existing residue still on the surface. Glypho has saved a lot of soil imo. |
Does soil get worked down finer now than it did 15-20 years ago?
