Herbicide Quotes

Thistles are best controlled in the fall (October or November) or spring (March). The small rosettes are very susceptible to herbicide sprays and this avoids the problem of viable seed being developed before summer sprays occur. - Tim Schnakenberg

The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and chemicals into farming, the more we knock out the mechanism that made it all work in the first place. - David R. Brower

I think sunflower has kind of come full circle. It was a Cinderella crop in the late 1970s and early 1980s. But as other crops have had technology - Roundup Ready corn, herbicides and insect resistance - growers have opted for those technologies in lieu of sunflower. - Steve Kent

I know quite a few farmers all over the United States who have tried this and have said the opposite, that they have to use more herbicides, not less. The same holds true with BT. - Jeremy Rifkin

Corn farmers in the United States recognize the tremendous value and performance that Monsanto's insect-protected and herbicide-tolerant traits are providing to their farms. This season, we are seeing strong order patterns in our corn traits business, and early indications also reinforce that the company's value-pricing model is expected to drive penetration of our corn traits. - Hugh Grant

By allowing the fire to burn, the pesticides and herbicides have been able to completely combust, which pretty much gets rid of the toxic effects of those chemicals. - Steve Zweigart