Monsanto farmlands plagued by “superweeds”
By Jet Hermida on Apr 26, 2009 in Food Security, FrankenTech, News Clippings, Sustainable Agriculture
In another case of what the h__ll could go wrong, a herbicide and frankenseed resistant “superweed” is fast gaining foothold in Monsanto farmlands. Nature striking back?
The gospel of high-tech genetically modified (GM) crops is not sounding quite so sweet in the land of the converted. A new pest, the evil pigweed, is hitting headlines and chomping its way across Sun Belt states, threatening to transform cotton and soybean plots into weed battlefields.
In late 2004, “superweeds” that resisted Monsanto’s iconic “Roundup” herbicide, popped up in GM crops in the county of Macon, Georgia. Monsanto, the US multinational biotech corporation, is the world’s leading producer of Roundup, as well as genetically engineered seeds. Company figures show that nine out of 10 US farmers produce Roundup Ready seeds for their soybean crops.
Continue reading about the ‘Superweed’ explosion threatening Monsanto heartlands at France24…
Googling for superweeds can give you the creeps!
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