Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Farmers Face Tough Choice On Ways To Fight New Strains Of Weeds

Farmers are fighting one of the most irrepressible of the new superweeds. It's called Palmer amaranth, known to the locals here as pigweed.
Palmer amaranth can grow 3 inches a day. A single plant can release close to a million seeds. It's a bully; if you let it grow beside cotton seedlings, the poor cotton doesn't stand a chance. Click here to read the full story.

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