Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds

[Comment:  It was only a matter of time.  Now we face stronger herbicides.  Glyphosphate is toxic enough as it is.  People cannot evolve fast enough to be resistant tot eh toxic effects like weeds can, nor should we want to.  With the job shortages and obesity epidemic the government spends $$$ on, hand pulling weeds is looking better and better!]

Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/business/energy-environment/04weed.html?pagewanted=all

"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."

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