The Giant Ragweed Forest: A New Threat to Farming

A single giant ragweed plant can reduce the yield in an area holding 30 soybean plants by as much as half. That is one of the reasons that farmers are worried by a new generation of superweeds that has developed resistance to the herbicide glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup

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The Giant Ragweed Forest: A New Threat to Farming