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Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds |
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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 09 May 2010 |
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From The New York Times Website:
Roundup — originally made by Monsanto but now also sold by others under the generic name glyphosate — has been little short of a miracle chemical for farmers. It kills a broad spectrum of weeds, is easy and safe to work with, and breaks down quickly, reducing its environmental impact.
Sales took off in the late 1990s, after Monsanto created its brand of Roundup Ready crops that were genetically modified to tolerate the chemical, allowing farmers to spray their fields to kill the weeds while leaving the crop unharmed. Today, Roundup Ready crops account for about 90 percent of the soybeans and 70 percent of the corn and cotton grown in the United States.
But farmers sprayed so much Roundup that weeds quickly evolved to survive it. “What we’re talking about here is Darwinian evolution in fast-forward,” Mike Owen, a weed scientist at Iowa State University, said.
Click here to read the full article on THE NEW YORK TIMES website
Here's a collection of other articles on the same subject.
Certainly something to think about.
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
Corrigin Crop Updates
Wednesday 17th March
Starts: 11 am
At the Cyril Box Pavilion on Larke Crescent
Lunch, afternoon tea and drinks provided
For further information please contact:
Cindy Parsons 9881 0201 Or Sandy Turton 9063 2203
Click on the link below for full details.
 corrigin crop updates flyer 2010 93.21 Kb
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Succession Planning Workshops |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 27 June 2009 |
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Throughout regional Australia, there is an increasing desire from the younger generation to take over the reins of the family farm.
Succession planning can no longer be put in the ‘too-hard basket’ and is an essential ingredient in farming enterprises today. A good succession plan can bring clarity and productivity to the primary producing business.
KGITraining, with the support of FarmReady*, are delivering Your family, Your farm, Your future workshops throughout regional Western Australia during 2009. Workshops have now been scheduled in your area: Click the Read More link below for Dates and Places.
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Read more...
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009 |
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WINTER FIELD
WALK
FRI JULY
3rd
Things we'll
look at;
Dry seeding; does it pay?
New herbicide alternatives to
Treflan on barley/wheat inc Sakura from
Bayer
Pre-emergent chemicals in lupins
inc Terbyne & Outlook
GM canola vs. TT
canola
Canola Variety trial; inc the
first TT canola hybrid "Ttriumph
Jardee"
There will be
presentations from Grain Pool, Farmanco, Pacific Seeds & plenty
more.
RSVP to Sandy 0427
428 295 or Gherkin 0428
629 021
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Seed Hawk & Morris Contour Drill Demo |
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Saturday, 20 June 2009 |
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SEED HAWK
& MORRIS CONTOUR DRILL DEMO
WHEN; 23rd June
TIME; 10:30am
WHERE; Callan Hewett’s
Gill Road [just east of Jubuk bin]
*Lunch supplied by the Corrigin Farm Improvement Group
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