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To: ConservativeMind

Without glyphosate, crop yields will be a fraction of what they are now.


5 posted on 07/07/2025 10:31:29 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

**Without glyphosate, crop yields will be a fraction of what they are now.**

Glyphosate doesn’t increase yields. It is simply a post-emergant weed killer that doesn’t kill the genetically glyphosate resistant crop.

Soil incorporated pre-emergence weed killers do an effective job when applied to tilled soil.

Trouble is, that takes a lot more fuel and time to moldboard plow, which is rare these days, but helped bury weed seeds too deep to sprout.

Fungicides have been all the rage for about 20 years, even being applied twice in a crop season in some cases. It supposedly results in healthier plants which in turn can give an approximate 10% yield increase.


12 posted on 07/07/2025 10:55:41 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So how do they grow crops in Europe?


32 posted on 07/08/2025 2:24:42 AM PDT by heartwood (Please blame all ridiculous or iinappropriate words on autocorrect. Thank you. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

well we have to keep feeding the africans who have 10 kids each


44 posted on 07/08/2025 4:53:40 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Without glyphosate, crop yields will be a fraction of what they are now.


That’s the plan behind fake ‘science’ studies like this one - you will eat insects and love it, while various law firms will cleanup from all the lawsuits filed.


60 posted on 07/08/2025 6:47:04 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Without glyphosate, crop yields will be a fraction of what they are now.”

At some point one of the developed countries (hopefully not the US) will do what Sri Lanka did when they converted from manufactured fertilizer to ‘organic’ fertilizer...and quickly found half their people about to starve to death, until other countries sent them emergency food shipments.

Developed societies have to make TOUGH CHOICES these days because 8 Billion people cannot be fed using ‘organic’ means...the number is closer to 2 Billion that could be handled that way.

As for myself, I just eat meat, so I don’t have to worry as much as to what’s sprayed on the crops, as the cows hopefully protect me!


61 posted on 07/08/2025 6:48:51 AM PDT by BobL
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