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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- CONTACT DAVID Echidna Ag – echidnaag(at)gmail.com Follow DR MAX Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaxGulhaneMD Instagram: https://twitter.com/MaxGulhaneMD Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1661751206 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/6edRmG3IFafTYnwQiJjhwR Linktree: https://linktr.ee/maxgulhanemd Send us Fan Mail 🧡 HARDBLOCK Australia's Longest Running Bitcoin-only (₿) Exchange Use code REGENPOD for AUD 10 of bitcoin post account verification Support the show