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 Lets throw the cat amongst the pigeons. 
Before I retired in 95 I managed a property in Africa ( 
now in Portugal) that grew 6000 acres of cereals a year. Twenty odd years ago 
the system was change from ploughing to minimal cultivations.90% of the 
straw was chopped behind the combine and immediately incorporated in the top 
3-5" of soil with preferably a tined cultivator. Approximately every third year 
a Shakerator was used,the tines of this going down to 2/3-1 m. and the vibration 
gently shattered the  area above the points. The volunteer crop and weeds 
was grazed by livestock, mainly sheep which were removed to allow the 
volunteer/weeds to grow and were then sprayed with Roundup!!.This killed all the 
plants and the new crop was planted without further cultivation by a tined air 
seeder.The results were fantastic,less erosion, greater water holding capacity, 
Hugh build-up of O.M.less disease, higher yields and mono culture was no problem 
,one field grew barley for 20 years and had the same or better yield that 
when broken from virgin country.  
I wish I knew about ACT which I would use  together with 
the same system. 
ALL THIS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT THE USE OF 
ROUNDUP!!     
I am in my mid seventies + and use Roundup in my garden and 
orchard here as this is the only hope I have of controlling grasses and 
weeds. 
Three years ago I went organic in the garden and orchard and 
last year started using ACT and have had the best top fruit yields ever and 
these and the strawberries  tasted out of this world. Very few aphids 
about, peach leaf curl now seems a past problem,most of the top fruit had to 
have a lot of set fruit removed as far too many for the tree to cope with in 
this dry climate. 
Now for the deluge of comments re. Roundup. 
Bill H. 
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