What's the cost of uncontrolled weeds?
Story Date: 5/19/2016

 

Source: CORN AND SOYBEAN DIGEST, 5/17/16

What losses would corn and soybean growers experience if they were forced to eliminate herbicides and other control techniques from their weed management toolbox?  A team of experts with the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) found that in the U.S. and Canada, about half of both crops would be lost to uncontrolled weeds, costing growers about $43 billion annually.

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