14 | Award-winning grower Hamish Marr says New Zealand is globally renowned for its herbage seed production and is one of the top three producers along with Denmark and Oregon. He believes New Zealand would no longer be competitive if glyphosate is banned. ARABLE » Marr Farms Agrichemicals critical for agriculture respecting glyphosate as a tool and of understanding farming systems. New Zealand’s current inputs of glyphosate are relatively low and are confined to 6% of the country. He believes farmers can do without glyphosate in isolation because there are farmers doing so but at an industry and global level, the loss of this tool would mean a loss of yield, an increase in alternative agrichemicals which may be more harmful to the environment, and greater costs to the farmers which will result in higher food prices. “We just need to be mindful as farmers that we are doing the right thing. You have to consider all the tools at your disposal to make good decisions. Farming by a ‘recipe’ reduces the ability of your farming system to be agile, especially in light of climate change,” he concludes. “Agrichemicals used in the right place at the right time are critical for agriculture, and if we abuse this privilege, we stand to lose it. This is true not just for New Zealand but globally. • from page 12 “Agrichemicals used in the right place at the right time are critical for agriculture, and if we abuse this privilege, we stand to lose it.” Get on the front foot with your ryegrass control programme. Powerful pre-emergence grass weed control in wheat (not durum wheat) that protects yield potential. • For use in wheat (not durum wheat) and triticale • Controls a range of grass weeds including annual and perennial ryegrass • Sakura followed by Othello® OD provides effective season-long control of grass weeds* and can delay the development of grass weed herbicide resistance Insist on Sakura from Bayer. *Othello OD contains Group B herbicides to which some populations of grass weeds have developed resistance. Sakura and Othello OD are registered pursuant to the ACVM Act 1997 Nos. P9449 and P8168 respectively and are approved pursuant to the HSNO Act 1996, Nos. HSR101273 and HSR100005 respectively. Sakura® is a registered trademark of Kumiai Chemical Industry Co. Ltd. Sakura is a Pyroxasulfone product. Othello® is a registered trademark of the Bayer Group. © Bayer Crop Science 2022. We’re with you in the field cropscience.bayer.co.nz BAC 2623
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