BASF Luximax | 14 Dec 2023 | Farmonline - video Dailymotion

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Cropper Scott Walker talks about the benefits of BASF's Luximax herbicide.

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:03 Been farming this farm for over a hundred years,

00:05 I think it was in 2018.

00:06 So we've been at it for quite a while

00:08 and obviously we've expanded the farm over that time,

00:11 but you've always gotta be aware, I think, with farming

00:13 that there's gonna be something new each year

00:14 that's just gonna impact how you do things.

00:17 So I first heard about Luxomax

00:19 in one of our agronomy groups.

00:21 We walk around and we do a bit of a study

00:23 at the start of the year of what's coming up.

00:25 Luxomax was brought up as a new chemical

00:27 and we'd purchased a farm a few years beforehand

00:30 and it had a few issues with ryegrass,

00:32 we were finding it hard to kill.

00:34 So we thought, oh, we've got this new mode of action,

00:36 let's give this a shot on one of our paddocks.

00:38 And yeah, and it did a really good job.

00:40 Yeah, so we, since 2020, we've used it since then.

00:43 Using a new chemical, I guess there's always

00:47 a small risk too, 'cause you don't know exactly

00:50 what it's gonna do, but I think with the amount of trials

00:52 that come out and the hard work that's been done beforehand

00:56 to make sure that it does work,

00:57 you've got a bit of faith in that too.

00:58 But with Luxomax, we used it on just, I think,

01:01 200 hectares the first year.

01:02 Had good results, we're happy to move up, you know,

01:05 and we used, I think, 500 hectares worth this year.

01:08 And I understand why people wanna keep using

01:11 proven performers, but I think you've just gotta be wary

01:14 that they are gonna run out,

01:15 just like good old trifluralin's gonna run out eventually.

01:18 So you've gotta look at a different option

01:20 and even if it's just one break, you know,

01:22 every couple of years, you're gonna prolong it

01:24 just that much further.

01:26 This year, you know, we made sure everything was sown

01:28 under 30 mil, didn't have any issues at all.

01:31 That was into wet dirt.

01:33 I even tried on some lighter country and yeah, it was fine.

01:36 I didn't notice any damage in that.

01:38 Even on end rows, you know, where it gets flicked up,

01:41 there's no damage.

01:42 I've been really impressed with what Luxomax has done

01:44 to this paddock.

01:45 Yeah, we've looked over it, haven't seen

01:47 any new emergent grasses, so we've just left it.

01:50 Give it a little radish spray and that's it.

01:51 Try and keep rye grass away for as long as possible.

01:54 (upbeat music)

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BASF Luximax | 14 Dec 2023 | Farmonline

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