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If there was a marked reduction in milkweed in the meadow you mentioned, you would need to do some digging as to who owns the property adjacent to the field, and what, if any, herbicides may have been sprayed. Proving plant injury from herbicide drift can be challenging even when the incident is ...
Herbicides are not the only tool available to landowners and the presentation will also cover biocontrol — for six weed species there are natural enemy insects that can be released as a control element. Other options include mechanical controls such as grazing, burning, mowing, tilling, hand pulling and ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The first birth cohort study of its kind has found more than 90 percent of a group of pregnant women in Central Indiana had detectable levels of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, the most heavily used herbicide worldwide. Researchers from Indiana University and University of ...
In what they claim is the first prospective birth cohort study of its kind, U.S. researchers have linked likely environmental and dietary exposure to glyphosate (N-phosphonomethylglycine), the most heavily used herbicide worldwide, with shorter pregnancies. The study, by researchers at Indiana University ...
Direct evidence of exposure of pregnant women to herbicide ingredient ... The first birth cohort study of its kind has found more than 90 percent of a group of pregnant women in Central Indiana had detectable levels of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, the most heavily used herbicide worldwide.
ANKENY Iowa and FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Three major agricultural organizations, Albaugh, LLC, Colorado Wheat Research Foundation, Inc. and Limagrain Cereal Seeds, LLC have announced the EPA registration of Aggressor herbicide which is the exclusive use herbicide for CoAXium Wheat ...

Health effects ranging from skin rashes to death can arise from intentional or unintentional direct consumption of herbicides. In addition, improper application resulting in the herbicide coming into direct contact with people or wildlife. Herbicides are used to protect wide variety of grains, cereals, oilseeds, ...
Approximately 250 miles of roadside are due for treatment under a new county Road Shoulder Herbicide Program. Herbicide is toxic to plants and is used to rid of unwanted vegetation. In a press release, the Whatcom County Public Works Department said lawns and yards must have at least a ...
They weren't discussing agriculture, but rather herbicides that are applied by Eversource beneath power line right-of-ways to prevent interference from foliage. It's an issue that's been simmering for at least six years, with the utility's plans to control vegetation using chemical sprays having been put on hold ...
Whether a grower has marestail, waterhemp, or Palmer amaranth in his or her fields or not, John Smith, Regional Agronomist, Winfield United said they should be developing a herbicide stewardship program to try to get in front of the issue. As Smith points out, an over-dependence on glyphosate is what ...
The Town of Ellery and Chautauqua Lake Partnership (CLP) have requested permission from the state to treat invasive weeds in expansive areas of Chautauqua Lake later this year with four different types of herbicides. According to CLP and other advocates for herbicide use, they feel it is the best way to ...
And in soybeans, Tripzin ZC is compatible with all herbicide tolerant trait varieties as well as conventional beans. “Tripzin ZC represents another example of innovation from UPI. The combination of metribuzin and pendimethalin, in one product, gives growers two modes of action and, therefore, a viable ...
Many commodities prices fell to multiyear lows in late 2015 and early 2016, at which point they found bottoms have been appreciating over the past two years. When it comes to the world of agricultural products, the weather and growing conditions from 2013-2017 was nothing short of picture-perfect.
A proposed ballot measure to ban the aerial spraying of herbicides across Lane County can't proceed to a vote because it is too broadly written, a Lane County Circuit Court judge has ruled. The ruling by Circuit Court Judge Karsten Rasmussen on Wednesday said the ban proposed by local activists for the ...
TRIPZIN ZC is a unique, patented pre-mix that combines the strength of two powerful active ingredients, metribuzin and pendimethalin. TRIPZIN ZC will provide pre-emergent control of a wide spectrum of broadleaf and annual grass weeds, including Palmer pigweed and other pigweed species, ragweed ...
Following a series of citizen's concerns, the city's arborist Hector Galvan presented a memo at the public works subcommittee meeting on Jan. 23 outlining Cloverdale's Integrated Pest Management Plan in an attempt to allay fears that herbicides used by the city were having an adverse reaction on the local ...
Marking its 50th anniversary this year as a registered herbicide, dicamba is a common chemical used to control a broad array of crop-choking weeds. But the recent development of crop varieties with resistance the chemical — meant to make weed control more effective — has led to complaints that the ...

A review of federal documents finds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lessened wildlife habitat regulations after Monsanto presented research with low estimates of how far the weed killer dicamba can drift, reported the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. The EPA approved the use of ...
A RECENT survey of ryegrass resistance to herbicides in Western Australia has found resistance hasn't developed as much as expected. Data from the latest survey in 2015 suggests resistance in ryegrass has not increased dramatically for commonly used herbicides (Figure 1), though there have been ...
According to the International Survey of Herbicide Resistant Weeds, the Midsouth accounts for more than 90 of the 160 unique herbicide resistance cases ... Brent Lassiter says resistance is common in his area, including documented cases of pigweed resistant to ALS, PPO and glyphosate herbicides.
In a Aug. 16, 2013 photo provided by Iowa State University, then-graduate student Meaghan Bryan stands near a Palmer amaranth plant found in a Harrison County field near Modale, Iowa. Harrison County is home to a new project focused on combating weed resistance as part of a statewide pest ...
Israeli aircraft on Sunday sprayed herbicides along border with the Gaza Strip, according to a Palestinian official. “These chemicals cause damage to agricultural crops and harm farmlands,” Nizar al-Wahedi of the Palestinian Agriculture Ministry told Anadolu Agency. He said the Palestinian ministry was not ...
With glyphosate no longer an option for the control of these glyphosate-resistant weed populations, growers are looking for herbicides with different modes of action. A diversified herbicide program for weed management needs to be used to avoid evolving resistance to multiple modes of action.
It was evident early at the two-hour meeting inside the Fluvanna Fire Department who was in favor of herbicide use and those against the plan. Those against chemical use on Chautauqua Lake raised concerns over the effect herbicides use might have on drinking water, fishery habitats and the unknown of ...
Usage of dicamba increased greatly after the U.S. EPA approved new versions of the herbicide in November 2016. For the first time, it could be sprayed on soybean and cotton seeds genetically engineered to withstand the herbicide. The companies touted their new formulations of dicamba, a traditionally ...
22 at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg-Hershey. The increasing complexity of herbicide programs is a sharp departure from the 1940s to the 1990s, which might be considered a golden age of weed control. Back then, a new herbicide mode of action was coming out roughly every five years, so farmers generally ...
"Penoxsulam controls weeds such as key grass, broadleaf and sedge, and has become a focus of research due to an increased number of weeds that have developed resistance to herbicides," Dr Guddat said. "Understanding how it works will assist in managing herbicide resistance not only for rice ...
Other herbicides that must be applied prior to jointing include Agility SG, Olympus, Orion, PowerFlex HL, Pulsar and Rave. Beyond should be applied to 1 gene Clearfield wheats after tiller initiation and prior to jointing, but can be applied to 2-gene Clearfield wheats until the second node is detected at the soil surface.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will be conducting an aerial spray of herbicide on Orange Lake on Friday. The goal of the spray is to balance the lake's habitat by eliminating excess willow trees, which now add up to double what is ideal for the Orange Lake environment, and stop ...
A recently published study, focused on a small group of pregnant women in Indiana, finds nearly all of them have detectable levels of a heavily-used herbicide in their body. The study is the first to examine glyphosate levels in pregnant women. Indiana University environmental researcher Shahid Parvez ...
The team worked with the four commonly used herbicides: mesotrione, topramezone, nicosulfuron and atrazine. These are often used in combination with safeners, which are chemicals that selectively help protect crops from herbicide damage. Hence a safener called isoxadifen-ethyl was also included in ...


 

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