Superweed spreading “exponentially” in GM cotton

Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:46 pm » by **Drjones**

Superweed spreading “exponentially” in GM cotton
http://www.gmfreeze.org/news-releases/169/ :rtft:

Superweed spreading “exponentially” in GM cotton – Monsanto tells farmers they are on their own. :lol:

Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:00 pm » by **Malogg**

weeds are natures herbs and also food and homes for critters great and small why kill em kinda sad really as the toxins do not only get rid of unwanted pests and weeds but it will get rid of us one day as well by making our water and food toxic to us.

stupid really because hippies are always telling us this

Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:12 pm » by **Cornbread714**

This doesn't surprise me one bit - the fucking idiots...

Herbicide resistant weeds are winning the pesticide “arms race” in US Roundup Ready crops, and Monsanto has no intention of shouldering responsibility for rising weed control costs, according to a new briefing by GM Freeze published today.

The briefing reports that in the 2010/11 season so far, two new weed species have become resitant to glyphosate (the active ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup used on RR soya maize and cotton), bringing the global total to 21.

Infestations of superweeds now cover 4.5 million hectares in the US alone. The noxious weed Palmer Amaranth is spreading “exponentially” in RR cotton according to Robert Nichols of Cotton Incorporated, and once it has reached a certain size it can only be controlled by hand pulling [italics mine].

GM Freeze also reports that Monsanto’s warranty on the weedkiller does not cover the failure of the product to control weeds that are now resistant to it:

Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:14 pm » by **Richc**

Dam! Thought you mean't the other weed.... :flop:

RIK

Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:14 pm » by **Drjones**

Hey Corn, ha, nice one with my quote there. :lol:

Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:15 pm » by **Cornbread714**

cornbread714 wrote:This doesn't surprise me one bit - the fucking idiots...

Herbicide resistant weeds are winning the pesticide “arms race” in US Roundup Ready crops, and Monsanto has no intention of shouldering responsibility for rising weed control costs, according to a new briefing by GM Freeze published today.

The briefing reports that in the 2010/11 season so far, two new weed species have become resitant to glyphosate (the active ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup used on RR soya maize and cotton), bringing the global total to 21.

Infestations of superweeds now cover 4.5 million hectares in the US alone. The noxious weed Palmer Amaranth is spreading “exponentially” in RR cotton according to Robert Nichols of Cotton Incorporated, and once it has reached a certain size it can only be controlled by hand pulling [italics mine].

GM Freeze also reports that Monsanto’s warranty on the weedkiller does not cover the failure of the product to control weeds that are now resistant to it:

Anyone who doesn't know about Monsanto should look it all up. The Roundup herbicide fiasco is just one of their short-sighted, greedy and dangerous monopolizing scams.

I'm always with you on this subject, doc.

Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:24 pm » by **Drjones**

'I'm always with you on this subject, doc.'
-Yeah and you should be with me on all the others too, you have no right whatsoever to determine your own thoughts.

Sat Oct 29, 2011 9:15 pm » by **Mahsooyee**

So, is this akin to The Day of the Triffids?

Sat Oct 29, 2011 9:53 pm » by **Huge1234**

the man from monsanto...

he say fuck you

Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:28 pm » by **Bert666**

its in nature for every living thing to evolve to adapt to the new conditions to survive