Farmers fighting uphill battle with resistant weeds

28 Jul 2011
For the past few years, farmers in Southeast Missouri have been fighting a never-ending battle with an evergrowing population of weeds. Many have even resorted back to the "old-fashioned" way of dealing with the situation and that is by hiring people with hoes to go and chop them down. According to a recent article in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the problem is actually getting worse because the weeds are becoming increasingly resistant to the chemicals that are used to control them.

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