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=EF=BB=BF And as an old neighbour used to say Dave
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Probably carrots either.
<br/>Enjoy the thaw!
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Paul
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On February 4, 2016 at 1:42 PM David & Alison Webster <dwebster@=
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`    I don't know how much or in what era you have f=
armed but the pre-herbicide days were very different.
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    A huge bank of weed seed and we were always two=
weeks too late, largely because weed control took an enormous amount of ti=
me and effort. Farming without herbicides now, on soils with a depleted see=
d bank is a piece of cake compared to the 'good old days' of t=
rying to find inch high carrots in foot high pigweeds. Hobby farmers had no=
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<strong>Sent:</strong> Thursday, February 04, 2016 11:08 AM
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<strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [NatureNS] Public consultation re use of=
pesticide... GMO crops and loss of weedy species
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The weeds close to the crop are only problematical if you dont start =
with a clean seedbed and/or heavily fertilize the seedbed before planting t=
he crop, which favours the weeds. Start with a clean seedbed and postpone f=
ertilization, and ...OK
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<span>it's a treadmill. You start using herbicides and then you b=
reed crops that are not competitive with weeds.. so yes those crops are ver=
y difficult to control mechanically although it can be done. Mechanical til=
lage can be very sophisticated. As well, we separate crops and livestock so=
we dont want straw, so shorter cereals are OK. Separated livestock and cro=
ps results in massive aquatic pollution-- we pay for that indirectly. Real =
cost accounting would not rate GMO crops more cost efficient today and thei=
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We have created an industrial production system that is part of our s=
ocial fabric... it's not easy to re-evaluate.. and pursue a new tack bu=
t we need to start looking at it. Those gigantic fields of GMO maize, soy a=
nd cannola may give us "cheaper food" but we are paying for it in m=
any other ways.
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