U.S. Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds - NYTimes.com
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/business/energy-environment/04weed.html?src=me&ref=homepage
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DYERSBURG, Tenn. — For 15 years, Eddie Anderson, a farmer, has been a strict adherent of no-till agriculture, an environmentally friendly technique that all but eliminates plowing to curb erosion and the harmful runoff of fertilizers and pesticides.
But not this year.
On a recent afternoon here, Mr. Anderson watched as tractors crisscrossed a rolling field — plowing and mixing herbicides into the soil to kill weeds where soybeans will soon be planted.
Just as the heavy use of antibiotics contributed to the rise of drug-resistant supergerms, American farmers’ near-ubiquitous use of the weedkiller Roundup has led to the rapid growth of tenacious new superweeds.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/business/energy-environment/04weed.html?src=me...
But not this year.
On a recent afternoon here, Mr. Anderson watched as tractors crisscrossed a rolling field — plowing and mixing herbicides into the soil to kill weeds where soybeans will soon be planted.
Just as the heavy use of antibiotics contributed to the rise of drug-resistant supergerms, American farmers’ near-ubiquitous use of the weedkiller Roundup has led to the rapid growth of tenacious new superweeds.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/business/energy-environment/04weed.html?src=me...
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- Roundup, Herbicides, superweeds
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artemis6
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Not good . I do no till . I don't want super weeds !
- 2 years ago
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artemis6
