Generic Roundup(glyphosate) on sale at rural king...

[mldollins]

It is 41% concentration. 59.99 for 2.5 gallons. This is 6 dollars a quart. At walmart I was paying 20 dollars a quart for another generic.

[rambler]

The common thought is that generic glysophate will continue to drop in price this fall.

Rising oil prices might slow that thought down tho?

--->Paul

[Toads tool]

The Roundup ready crops around here are getting real bad weed problems. The Glysophate isn't touching the weeds. They are saying that you have to spike the Glysophate to make it work.
Monsanto says that if you use the real thing "Roundup" you won't have as many problems. This hasn't been the case around here. THe bean cropps are not responding to the real stuff any better than the generic.
Alot of farmers are looking at going with conventional seed next year, since the Roundup-ready seed isn't doing what it used too.
An old boy around here said it best when he said "Roundup made farmers out of alot of people".

[T-Bone 369]

The Round-up ready seed works just fine - it's that the weeds are starting to develop resistance to RU. I have been reading that there is a problem out east (Penn maybe?) where they have a pool of resistance springing up (although I can not remember what weed it was - must be old age). It's just like antibiotics - use it incorrectly and you will have problems.

[Lazy J]

We are seeing RR-resistant Marestail and Waterhemp. We are contemplating going with LL or Conventional soybeans on our farm next year. Unfortunately the RR system is no longer a 'no brainer'.

Jim

[agmantoo]

Anyone using glyphosate needs to use a surfactant/adjuvant to enhance the product. I use a product named Hook for the purpose. By this time of year the leaves are past the early growing stages and the uptake of the herbicide is reduced. Enhanced RoundUp is still patent protected but using the surfactant properly will give you a comparable product at a much lesser price than the Enhanced RoundUp.

[Sammy]

Originally Posted by mldollins

It is 41% concentration. 59.99 for 2.5 gallons. This is 6 dollars a quart.

Today, it is $3.50 a quart.


http://www.ruralking.com/41-2-5-gal-...32353830323833

[palani]

In addition it has come out that Roundup acts as a chelator tying up minerals in the soil. Use over time results in poor performing soil.

[rowan57]

If you rotate your herbicides and insecticides properly, the risk of resistance is low. Each active has a Resistance Group - you should never used actives from the same resistance group following each other (I.e. RU followed by RU, Glyphosate followed by Glyphosate) (or solely one active all year). No pesticide is a complete answer to a problem, but if managed properly can assist a farmer greatly.

This is not to say that resistance doesn't occur, even if the pesticide program has been managed properly, but the risk is mitigated. (I have designed large scale pesticide programs so I have a little background in this).

[Stephen in SOKY]

Our Southern States has a generic glyphosate at $36/2.5 gal this year, I'm on my second 2.5 gallon jug. I always add AMS (Ammonium Sulfate) & it really helps any glyphosate product. I used RK generic last year (Although not much $$$$) with excellent results. I can't recall the last time I bought actual Roundup. I note that the patent must have expired on Crossbow (Triclopyr + 2,4D) as generic versions of it are hitting the market this year. If only I could find a generic alternative for Pramitol I'd be a happy man.