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06/22/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Long-term outlooks: Australian farmers eliminate herbicide-resistant “superweeds” using natural non-herbicidal methods
Decades ago, Australian farmers stopped using glyphosate and other herbicides to get rid of superweeds and seeds in their plots. Instead, they used natural methods of weed control and management that worked much better than toxic chemicals. Farms in Western Australia raise wheat and barley as the main food crops. The biggest threat comes from ryegrass superweeds that developed resistance […]
01/23/2019
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By Michelle Simmons
Companion plants and crop rotation hold the answers to non-chemical treatments for superweeds and soil nutrient loss
Weeds are described as the greatest threat to cultivated plants with regard to their yield. To control this looming threat, traditional agriculture relies heavily on chemicals time and again. However, to preserve food security, alternative natural methods are important must be explored to lessen weed pressure in agroecosystems. This idea comes at a time when […]
09/18/2018
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By Cassie B.
Seeds of deception: Monsanto’s patented GMO seeds have given them power over life on our planet, and cultivated farmer suicides
Politicians and scientists are sometimes accused of trying to “play god,” but a far more nefarious force is quietly pulling the strings of life as we know it behind the scenes: The agricultural company Monsanto. They’ve earned a reputation as one of the world’s most hated companies, yet the truly distressing extent of power they […]
05/14/2018
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By Tracey Watson
Environmentalists take EPA to court to reverse its approval of Dow Chemical’s toxic “Enlist Duo” pesticide
The stated mission of the US. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to protect both human health and the environment, ensuring that Americans have access to clean land, air and water. They also promise to review all chemicals in the marketplace for safety. More often than not, though, they have failed to uphold these lofty ideals. […]
09/21/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Researchers share how to conquer herbicide-resistant superweeds that threaten the food supply in the Midwest
In the latest edition of Weed Science, researchers shared new knowledge about how to manage the growth of herbicide-resistant kochia, a weed that takes nutrients from both dryland and irrigated crops across the Great Plains. Kochia usually starts to sprout in late February or early March before the emergence of other summer annual weed species. It […]
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