"Gordon Couger" wrote in message
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If they could kill wild oats they would. One of the people I talked to has
over 12 square miles of farm land as well as 3 million bushels of grain
storage, a fertilizer and spraying business. Wild oats cost him money in
the
field, when he buys the grain from farmers and when he sell it to the mill
or larger grain merchant. I farmed for him for 10 year and did business
with
him and his father all my life. If he tells me it is too dangerous to use
I
believe him. He has every reason to use the chemical and none not to.

You can think what you damn well please.

Gordon


Gordon,

Just a quick question.(Definitely not trying to start
anything here) Why would buying grain that has wild oats in it cost your
friend any extra money? Does he not deduct a percentage on payment for
dockage? I'm sure that they deduct him for that at the mill.
I've actually dealt with Puma for many years.
(phenoxaprop-p-ethyl) I've see it cause some leaf tip burning on cereals in
extreme heat conditions, but nothing that has damaged any yield
expectations. Also, it is sprayed quite earlier than the flag leaf
emergance, and I'm sure that you realize how important the flag is to the
wheat plant. We have such a variety of soils here, and I've yet to
experience any catastrophes or for that matter, significant yield losses
from Puma's use. It's such a universal chemical, as it can be used in
canola(off label), wheat, barley, and canary seed(off label). Are you sure
that your not getting it mixed up with a group 2 herbicide, which can be
ugly residual wise? ex. Sulfosulfuron(Sold as Sundance by Monsanto here in
Canada or Maverick in the U.S.A. We've had fits with this product with crop
rotation.
I guess what really floors me a bit here is that I've sold
about 20,000 acres of Puma here annually for a very long time and have never
run into any situation such as the one that your stating, but in your
defense, I would sure like to hear you expand on it.




Dean