Conventional herbicides - public perceptions take a dive. Despite the community benefits that herbicides have provided with improved weed control, the perception of conventional herbicides, in the eyes of the public, has taken a few hits. ..

The use of technology to make pesticide use more efficient through better control while using less pesticide is becoming increasingly important in modern agriculture. Unfortunately there is a growing mistrust within the general community of many agricultural practices.  ..

Glyphosate is the world’s most widely used herbicide with approximately 8.6 billion kg used worldwide between 1974 and 2014. This works out to approximately 0.53 kg being used on every cropping hectare each year.  ..

Flaxleaf fleabane (Conyza spp.) and sowthistle (Sonchus spp.) are becoming significant problems in southern and western no-till farming systems.  ..

According to Benbrook (1), primary producers applied about 51.3 million kilograms of glyphosate worldwide in 1995. ..