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N.W. Illinois | Thank you Ed for your followup. You know whats best for you and your farm and I mean that sincerely. However I also think I know what's best for my farm.
Years ago it wasn't unusual to see 25+ bushel of ear corn on the ground come Fall from corn borer damage chewing through the ear shank. I also had chewed up stalks from all the borings the critters did from one end of the plant to the other which led to terrible plant integrity. My farm was a hot spot for corn borer as were many other areas. I had multiple generations of corn borer with thresh holds off the charts year after year. This led to multiple aerial applications of insecticides such as Furidan which were very expensive(especially with corn sub $2.00) and not exactly good for the environment. I can remember driving at night with corn borer moths so bad from hitting and smearing the windshield you could not safely drive. Splat, splat splat,splat.
Bt Corn changed all that a instant for me. What a godsend Bt corn has been for me. I could not imagine farming without this technology. It's truly been a miracle product for me.
Years ago I was constantly respraying herbicide failures because of weather related problems. Not enough rain in the Spring to activate the pre emerge herbicide was common. To much rain that washed away the residual was another. Foxtail and wooly cupgrass breaks lead to seed populations multiplying in a instant. Perennials such as wirestem muhly were difficult to keep under control.
Roundup soybeans changed that in a instant for me. Respraying for herbicide failures were history for me. Foxtail, wooly cup, wirestem, and many other weeds were a thing of history for me as well.
Years ago rootworm pressure was off the charts in my area. Insecticides were hit and miss depending on the weather and other factors. Insecticides were also toxic. I have first hand experience from insecticide poisoning. I also know of death and sickness to fellow farmers and livestock from insecticides.
Rootworm corn changed all of that in a instant for me. I had excellent rootworm control without all the hastle of a insecticide.
Are these technologies perfect? Certainly not, but the positives have certainly out weighed the negatives many times over for ME.
Edited by mounder 4/11/2013 21:30
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