[AT] Round-Up resistant weeds

[dglass]

Do you think its possible that the weeds have become resistant to 
roundup because the patents ran out last year and now they had to lower 
the price to compete with generics?  Just a though.

Ralph Goff wrote:
> I just read that news item last night too. I guess it was bound to happen 
> when a herbicide is that widely used. Its not a problem here yet but I can 
> see the possibilities as the zero tillers use glyphosate all through the 
> growing season and from spring burn off to pre-harvest. Without glyposate 
> they are in real trouble. With my antiquated method of the odd field of 
> summerfallow there is less chance of it happening. As an old conventional 
> farmer used to say, "I've yet to see the weed that is resistant to 
> cultivator shovels on a hot summer day".
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John B" <rustyacres at yahoo.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 8:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Round-Up resistant weeds
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>> Yes, in our walnut orchard here, we have ryegrass that is totally 
>> resistant to Roundup. We are having to use other herbicides, which are 
>> neither as safe or as cheap to use as Roundup. I wonder what all those 
>> corn and soybean farmers in the Midwest are going to do when the Roundup 
>> no longer controls the weeds in their Roundup Ready crops?
>>
>> John Boehm
>> Woodland, CA
>> Visit my web site at http://vintagetractors.com
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>> --- On Wed, 5/5/10, GWaugh <GWaugh at wowway.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: GWaugh <GWaugh at wowway.com>
>> Subject: [AT] Round-Up resistant weeds
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 6:48 AM
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>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/business/energy-environment/04weed.html?src=me&ref=general
>>
>> Not old tractors, but related---I had no idea that this problem was 
>> becoming as big as it apparently is.
>>
>> GeneW 60123
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