RoundUp Ready alfalfa

This became evident in a Sacramento Valley Roundup Ready alfalfa field recently. “The grower sprayed his Roundup Ready alfalfa and got beautiful weed control except for what he thought was mustard. The herbicide did not touch it. His PCA looked closer and discovered it was Roundup Ready canola.

Aside from harvesting the nurse crop, another option is to spray out the cereal using glyphosate if a Roundup Ready alfalfa variety is planted or sethoxydim (Poast and others) if a conventional variety is used. If a nurse crop is used, keep seeding rates on the light side. The agronomist recommends 0.5 to 1 ...

A field of Roundup Ready alfalfa. Alfalfa is one of a handful of genetically modified crops that are resistant to glyphosate, the main ingredient of Roundup weed killer. A coalition of agricultural organizations has obtained a preliminary injunction to stop the state of California from requiring warning signs ...

Glyphosate resistant Roundup Ready alfalfa is shown in this photo. Proposed regulations under which GMOs. Capital Press file. Glyphosate resistant Roundup Ready alfalfa is shown in this photo. Proposed regulations under which GMOs would be evaluated for noxious weed risk have been withdrawn.

Forage Genetics International, which holds the rights to GM alfalfa, has marketed the product in Eastern Canada but said in a January statement that it had no plans to sell the seed for hay and forage in the West. “FGI will not license any Harv-Xtra Alfalfa with Roundup Ready technology to be grown within ...

Most herbicide labels recommend at least 4 inches of regrowth to maximize control. Renz points out the most popular active ingredients are glyphosate, 2,4-D, and/or dicamba. Of course, glyphosate will not be an option for Roundup Ready alfalfa varieties. Though glyphosate has no plant-back restrictions ...

But a USDA study has found feral alfalfa with GM traits is widespread south of the border. And Alberta Farmer reported in February that a batch of foundation seed contaminated with Roundup Ready alfalfa was sent to a forage seed grower in southern Alberta four years ago. Forage Genetics says it was an ...

A recent study by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists shows that genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa has gone wild, in a big way, in alfalfa-growing parts of the West. This feral GE alfalfa may help explain a number of transgenic contamination episodes over the past few years that have cost ...

BROMONT, Que. — The discovery of Roundup Ready alfalfa in global hay exports should be on Canadian farmers' radar, says a Canadian hay exporter. Ed Shaw, who exports forage around the world, including to China, said three American hay exporters have been blacklisted from exporting hay to ...