So you're going to use an herbicide that is horrible for the environment to destroy some random farmers crop and draw a dick... Wow real cool joke man.
this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2023
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They would definitely notice. Modern farming equipment is way more technologically advanced than most people think it is. I used to work for a company that manufactured the electronics for farming equipment; it was usually some of the most high tech stuff we built and we also made the boards for medical equipment. So even if the farmer didn't notice, their equipment definitely would. Specifically, most new crop sprayers and fertilizer spreaders will actively monitor soil nutrient levels and crop health to determine exactly how much of whatever they're spreading needs to be spread in each location. Patches of crops hit with weed killer would definitely start throwing up some red flags in that software. You're far better off just making old school crop circles with a plank on a rope.
Now as far as morality/legality goes, this would definitely be vandalism and depending on how many crops you destroy likely even a felony. Crops are insured so you really wouldn't hurt the farmer too much. However you would incur the wrath of an insurance company. So if you value your financial well being and staying out of prison, I would not mess with a farmers crops.
You have any idea how much Roundup costs?! Just cut the plants down instead of spraying them.
Sure you could. You might even get away with it once. Given their investment, I’d imagine that most farmers now have pretty good security systems. I’m certain that most farmers back home would figure out who did it, then take care of the problem.
so you want to make crop circles?
Illegal or legal aside, afaik nowadays most of these crops are made to withstand certain herbicides. That's the whole business strategy of companies like Monsanto/Beyer, innit?
Withstand weeds and insects and fungi - not resistance to artificial chemicals.
Geez there are more tightasses here than in a PTA meeting