June 2010 - Posts

Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:13 PM

New Uses for "Old" Chemistry in Resistance Management

Glyphosate resistance has been all over the national news recently. Articles have brought to light the serious threat resistance poses to production agriculture, to many in the general public, which is quite alarming in the context offered. What the mainstream
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Friday, June 18, 2010 11:49 AM

Maryland Retailer Warns Against Glyphosate-only Programs

Syngenta Resistance Fighter of the Year 2009 finalist Thomas Irwin, agronomy sales at Southern States Cooperative in Hampstead, Md., fights to help his growers conquer glyphosate-resistant weeds by using less glyphosate. Syngenta: Why are you concerned
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Friday, June 11, 2010 10:29 AM

Iowa Resistance Fighter Urges Customers to Stay Ahead of Hard-to-control Weeds

Brad Adreon, agronomy sales at United Farmers Mercantile Cooperative (UFMC) in Red Oak, Iowa, was a finalist for the 2009 Syngenta Resistance Fighter of the Year program. Adreon has actively encouraged his growers to diversify glyphosate-only weed control
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Friday, June 04, 2010 12:59 PM

Weather Throws a Curve Ball at Southern Producers

As this season's storyline unfolds one thing is clear, resistant weeds continue to steal the show. The typical villains, glyphosate-resistant Palmer pigweed and marestail have made their regularly scripted appearances despite some Southern growers'
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