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Crop ProtectionResistant Palmer amaranth hits Midwest, changes control programsResistant Palmer amaranth hits Midwest, changes control programs
Think DifferentGlyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth is a predicament that could have been avoided “if we hadn’t used only glyphosate year after year after year,” says Evansville, Ind., farmer Joe Steinkamp, a director of the Indiana Soybean Alliance.Steinkamp is battling the resistant weed on his farm, where it arrived with floodwaters. To stay ahead of this aggressive species, he’s spending three times as much money on soybean weed control as he did three years ago.He says adopting an integrated weed management program that deploys multiple effective modes of action “is our duty, not only to protect our livelihood today, but for the future.”
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