Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:58 pm
Air induction nozzles such as the Turbodrop from Greenleaf, are a great investment if you must spray in any kind of wind.
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 5:45 am
Torch, I think some applicators are trying to use that "different type of Roundup drifts worse hypothesis" but its not going to cut it. The one fellow (pilot) in your part of the world is most likely in some deep ka-kaa. Cotton guys are mostly to blame, to be honest, as they were trying to get the Roundup out before the 5th true leaf and, most likely, really put the pressure on the pilot to get it out. Well, he got it out by damn!
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:12 am
Caller you might be right. I know there are going to be some "hurt feelings" after this one. I think everone needs to be in the crop dusting business once in their life. 
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:12 am
Caller you might be right. I know there are going to be some "hurt feelings" after this one. I think everone needs to be in the crop dusting business once in their life.
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 4:53 pm
Not much Glyphosate out in our area yet, but with all of the rain, we had Command damage. It killed a lot in the low areas that stayed wet longer. Rice was 1 to 2 leaf and got hammered.
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 6:19 pm
I know of one farmer around the shaw area and he got some seed that was suppsoed to be clearfield rice but when he put new path on it, it looked just like round up damage. Some of that 20,000 acres could be for that reason.
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 7:46 am
Don't get too hasty blaming Clearfield rice for NOT being tolerant to Newpath heribicide. It specifically states on the Newpath label that under STRESSFULL conditions that can be caused by but not limited to insect damage, herbicide damage (ie glyphosate, Command, etc...), disease pressure, weather conditions (wet, cool weather patterns) that a plant response can occur.
I work with rice producers day in and day out and it's a little funny to me that some forget that 3 weeks worth of cooler than normal temperatures and, depending on the area, up to 20" of rainfall in that same period had rice sitting dead still and not growing at all. The issue really looks to be one that the rice was not able to fully metabolize the chemistry or chemistries that it was subjected to during this period of time. There has been lots and lots of acres of Clearfield rice treated with the second application of Newpath during the last two weeks when temps have been higher than normal without any indication of a plant response. Can it be tolerant to the second application but not the first? Tolerance doesn't work that way. If it can't stand the first shot, it can't stand the second one. Tolerance can't be changed that quickly.
I'll get off my soapbox now.
I work with rice producers day in and day out and it's a little funny to me that some forget that 3 weeks worth of cooler than normal temperatures and, depending on the area, up to 20" of rainfall in that same period had rice sitting dead still and not growing at all. The issue really looks to be one that the rice was not able to fully metabolize the chemistry or chemistries that it was subjected to during this period of time. There has been lots and lots of acres of Clearfield rice treated with the second application of Newpath during the last two weeks when temps have been higher than normal without any indication of a plant response. Can it be tolerant to the second application but not the first? Tolerance doesn't work that way. If it can't stand the first shot, it can't stand the second one. Tolerance can't be changed that quickly.
I'll get off my soapbox now.