Thursday, July 21, 2011

More Monstrous Monsanto-ness

Monsanto's "Superweeds" Gallop Through Midwest

http://motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2011/07/monsanto-superweeds-roundup

Desperate farmers are resorting to the hoe and pesticide "cocktails" to fight Roundup-resistant weeds.

...What is surely the least surprising, most-anticipated major development in the history of US agriculture, farmers are discovering that when you spend years dousing land a single herbicide, ecosystems adapt. Roundup Ready crops, meet Roundup-defying weeds.... (read more at the link)

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