29. Glyphosate and Industrial Agriculture's Addiction to Chemical Herbicides with David Bushell

In this episode David Bushell explains the waning efficacy of industrial herbicides in monocropping agriculture, parallels of conventional agronomy with with the pharmaceutical-based medical system, regenerative agricultural solutions, and much more.

David Bushell is a consultant Agronomist of more than 30 years experience. After advising farmers for many decades on a lists of chemical herbicides and fungicides to spray on their fields, David now advocates regenerative and rotational practices that improve the quality of the soil and long-term economic viability of farms without the need for chemical inputs. He also runs his own organic, mixed cattle and cropping farm near Temora, Southern NSW, Australia.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 Dr Max’s intro

00:01:40 David’s background, agronomy & the cracks in conventional agronomy

00:07:08 Chemical inputs – analogies with human and soil health

00:11:15 Decreasing effectiveness of herbicides over time

00:16:20 What is glyphosate?

00:22:15 What is crop desiccation?

00:33:35 “Double knocking” with gylphosate then paraquat

00:38:43 What is atrazine?

00:44:05 The history and cultivation of the Canola oilseed crop

00:50:40 Feeding factory farmed animals with contaminated commodity crops

00:58:35 The contrived, fragile, engineered commodity crops

01:14:23 Solutions to the chemical method - multi-species cropping, crop rotations, etc

01:20:56 David’s closing thoughts for farmers

01:23:37 Dr Max's outro

---------------------------------------------------------------- FURTHER READING

A Soil Owners Manual by John Stika https://www.amazon.com.au/Soil-Owners-Manual-Restore-Maintain/dp/1530431263

The Farm as an Ecosystem by Jerry Brunetti https://www.amazon.com/Farm-as-Ecosystem-Jerry-Brunetti/dp/1601730411

PODCAST RECOMMENDATIONS

Regenerative Agriculture Podcast by John Kempf Episode #73: John Fagan https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/regenerative-agriculture-podcast/id1372359995?i=1000528379046

Real Organic Podcast Bob Quinn Pt 1: Organic Grain Farming Vs. Chemical Grain Farming -https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/real-organic-podcast/id1573111162?i=1000571214834

Farmers Helping Farmers Podcast FRASER POGUE: The Good Dirt on Good Farming https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/farmers-helping-farmers/id1652195970?i=1000607456710

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