Tree Damage From Crop Spraying

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I was 8th row for AC/DC during the Razors Edge tour in '91. I still have the AC/DC dollar bill I knocked over 5 people to catch, lol - they dropped a million of them from the ceiling. It has a picture of a devil-horned Angus in the middle of it. I still have it around here somewhere! Hopefully the mice didn't destroy it. It's in my old bureau that remains untouched since I was a teenager. The mice turned it into a condominium ... 😁
 
Those who truly understand how 2-4_D, Glyphosate, and other true contact herbicides work will see very clearly what the pictures show. This is real life experience and not something read on Al Gore's internet
 
Do you farm corn/soy?
No I do not. My garden is right next to the soy field that was sprayed though. My green beans and peppers don't look good with their cupped leaves but my other items look fine. So I am thinking maybe aphids/white flies are attacking those plants and it is not the spray.

I do have a youngish sugar maple that is close to field as well. Its leaves never look good but it keeps on growing so???
 
How was it deduced from "No I do not" grow soybean, that you work for Pioneer?

No mention of Pioneer here...

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At least three major national trucking companies (primarily flatbed carriers serving the drywall industry) are based in Fort Dodge. The city also serves as a retail center for North-Central Iowa.

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The Fort Dodge Correctional Facility, a 1,250-bed medium-security state prison, opened in 1998."
This entire reply shows your absolute and complete ignorance, completely ignorant of common sense. I know you will not see my reply since you put me on ignore but it is amazing what you post. If anyone thinks my reply is disrespectful sobeit. Her response is a clear example of the definition of ignorance.
 
I haven't read this whole thread but 2,4-D isn't all that bad when properly used. Now there are two versions of it. An Ester version and an Amine version. The Ester version is a lot more volatile and tends to gas off and drift at much lower temperature. It is a heavy gas so hangs low to the ground. Even the Amine version must use when temperatures stay below 80F the first week after spraying to prevent unwanted broadleaf plant damage.

I flat refuse to use the Ester version because I was sold that stuff by my local County Farmers Coop without any warnings and damage my fruit trees.

Just note all herbicides are dangerous when not used properly.
 

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