http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/feb/26/monster-weed-escapes-chemic al-lasso/ 'Monster weed' escapes chemical lasso EDITED Weeds have always bedeviled farmers, but as planting season begins, Palmer pigweed - called a "monster weed" - is expected to be an agricultural game changer. That's because it has become resistant to Monsanto's Roundup herbicide. Larry Steckel, a University of Tennessee weed specialist said "The fear is that it's going to be on huge acres of fields this year and I think it most likely will be," Steckel said. "It's changed everything." Dyersburg cotton and soybean farmer Jimmy Moody said he has worried about Roundup-resistant weeds for a long time but that it finally "exploded on us last year." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/