Search results for Herbicide Resistance

50% of wild oat issues due to ‘genetic resistance to herbicides’ – agronomist

The growing resistance of wild oat populations to a range of herbicides is now one of the most significant issues confronting Irish tillage. What’s more, the problem is equally rel...

New PCR test to target herbicide resistance in wild oat populations

Teagasc is to launch a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to help identify wild oat populations that are herbicide resistant. Just over 170 instances of wild oat resistance have...

Syngenta is said to target resistant weeds with new herbicide in South America

Rethinking wild oat control as herbicide resistance climbs | Wheat School

Herbicide-resistant wild oats continue to challenge wheat growers across Western Canada, and the issue is only intensifying, says Troy Basaraba, technical solutions agronomist with...

Ontario agronomists warn of rising waterhemp pressure and emerging Palmer amaranth risk

Herbicide-resistant weeds continue to spread across Ontario, but agronomists warn that two species — waterhemp and Palmer amaranth — are raising the most concern as the 2026 growin...

Game-Changing Herbicides Unveiled by Helena Agri-Enterprises Offer Stronger Starts, Fewer Field Passes

Bill Smith, Strategic Marketing Manager with Helena Agri-Marketing. Photo: C.J. Miller / Hoosier Ag Today. As farmers across Indiana head into plantin...

田んぼの雑草に農薬が効かない…「あえて」の作戦で壁を克服

FMC Secures Approval for Isoflex® Active in the European Union, Addressing a Critical Gap in the European Herbicide Mark...

The real cost of killing the worst weeds | Peter Sikkema and Kim Brown on The Agronomists

On this episode of The Agronomists, your host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Kim Brown of Manitoba Agriculture and Peter Sikkema professor emeritus of the University of Guelph-Ridgetow...

One of the World’s Most Popular Weedkillers May Be Fueling Deadly Superbugs

Scientists have uncovered evidence that one of the world’s most widely used weedkillers may also help dangerous bacteria survive antibiotic treatments. Each year, antimicrobial res...

Clean Until Canopy

Weed control is coming into focus as farmers begin the 2026 growing season.  Corteva Agriscience Market Development Specialist Dennis Holland says post-emergence herbicide applicat...

“It can seem like too large a hill to climb until something like pesticide resistance develops”

The shift from conventional chemical crop protection to biological or hybrid systems is gaining momentum across greenhouse production. However, the transition is not without challe...

Pulse School: Managing weeds before they manage the crop

Pulse crops in rotation help improve soil, add more complexity to crop rotations, and reduce nitrogen fertilizer inputs. Growing pulses also comes with some nuances, as they are no...

Early Season Weed Control Remains Critical

With planting underway across the Midwest, Syngenta agronomist Matt Geiger is reminding growers not to cut corners on early-season weed management—even in a challenging farm econom...

USDA Deregulates Corn Engineered for Insect Resistance

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on March 27, 2026, that it determined that MON 95275 maize (corn), develope...

Campaigners demand action to break UK’s ‘addiction’ to controversial herbicide

Use of glyphosate has risen 10-fold in 30 years, raising fears for public healthIt was Scottish farmers in the 1980s who pioneered the practice of spraying glyphosate on their whea...

India should resist EU, US pressure on data exclusivity in farm-chemicals: GTRI flags

India faces pressure from the EU and US to adopt data exclusivity in trade deals, but a GTRI report warns this could harm its agrochemical industry. Such provisions would create ex...

To Glyphosate Or Not To Glyphosate — That Is The Question

I supervise the health of our condo community’s private, half-mile dune. Our dune height ranges anywhere from 12 to 14 feet, and the width varies along the entire dune but averages...

Strategies for poultry producers to combat insecticide resistance

Poultry producers can combat insecticide resistance by rotating insecticides based on their mode of action, implementing resistance monitoring programs, and integrating non-chemica...

Deadliest Early-Onset Cancer Caused By Herbicides?

May 20, 2026 | Source: Organic Consumers Association | by Alexis Baden-Mayer Colorectal cancer kills more adults under 50 years old than any other cancer, according to the America...

Managing spring barley to deliver optimal levels of crop performance

Later-sown spring barley crops this season will move through their growth stages quickly, according to Teagasc. As a result, early weed control is essential to prevent competition...

Fish and Wildlife Service Clears a Weedkiller, Saying It Won’t Cause Extinction

The finding effectively paves the way for continued use of atrazine, a widely used herbicide that has been linked to birth defects and cancer in humans.

Vermont enacts the country’s first ban on herbicide linked with Parkinson’s disease

Rain, wind complicate some weed management plans

Kevin Bradley with University of Missouri Extension says weed control could be more expensive and less efficient this spring due to weather delays and reduced herbicide flexibility...