How do herbicides work?
Some herbicides leave a zone of protection in the field & others work based on contact only — when you first plant a field, knowing what weeds you had in that field last year, a farmer may want to put out a herbicide that leaves the field protected for a week or so, something that will give the crop they are planting a chance to get ahead of weeds.
Do herbicides leave a zone of protection?
Some herbicides leave a zone of protection in the field & others work based on contact only — when you first plant a field, knowing what weeds you had in that field last year, a farmer may want to put out a herbicide that leaves the field protected for a week or so, something that will give the crop they are planting…
What are the effects of large weeds on agriculture?
Ability to harvest — some weeds can become so large that uncontrolled areas of a field may not be able to be harvested with machinery. Big losses there which could again effect food prices for all of us and potentially on farm profitability.
What is the purpose of controlling weeds?
Controlling weeds is an important part of farming for a couple of reasons: Limiting resource use – when you let weeds grow uncontrolled in your field or garden, they use water, fertilizer, etc that could otherwise be available for the crop you are growing for food.
Why use a herbicide? Answering a question on
This morning as I woke up and played lazy for a while, I scrolled through various social media sites and saw this question on Quora:
Why control weeds?
Controlling weeds is an important part of farming for a couple of reasons:
Why use a herbicide?
So when you put the two things together about why you need to control weeds and how you do that, you get an idea on why farmers and others would use a herbicide. Weeds are a problem for all farms — conventional, organic and biotech / GMO — there are products and practices that fit all of them.