A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
This saying could not hold truer for weed resistance management. Below are telling images we've captured that clearly show the effects of weed resistance. May they serve as a reminder to implement sound resistance management strategies for 2010.
Glyphosate-resistant weeds do not discriminate. The fields below did not receive appropriate pre-emergence residual herbicide treatments. The photos speak for themselves.
Some producers' risk-taking resulted in giant-size problems. The Palmer pigweed in the photo below was pulled from a Mississippi field just prior to harvest.
Not convinced that an eight-foot weed is a problem? The Palmer pigweed below would stop any combine or cotton picker dead in its tracks.
But, growers who used pre-emergence residual herbicides saw a stark difference in their results. The following fields show the remarkable difference that using a pre-emergence herbicide can make.
Fields like this are still possible. While threats of glyphosate-resistant weeds grow in every corner of American agriculture utilizing sound resistance management practices can make your fields and your pocketbook abundantly green again.
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