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FARMERS CAN WATCH WEEDS WITHER ONLINE.


Using the same technology as Iowa's popular Corn Cam, Monsanto is displaying its weed control Weed control is the botanical component of pest control, stopping weeds from reaching a mature stage of growth when they could be harmful to domesticated plants and livestock by physical and chemical methods.  research online at http://roundupweedcam. monsanto.com. Every 15 minutes, the site displays a new picture of a side-by-side greenhouse trial comparing Roundup UltraMAX and Syngenta's latest imitator product on velvetleaf and barnyardgrass.

While at the Web site, growers can vote on which product they would be most confident using on their own fields and register in the Site-to-See Sweepstakes. The grand prize is $5,000 cash or a free trip to see the Grand Canyon Grand Canyon, great gorge of the Colorado River, one of the natural wonders of the world; c.1 mi (1.6 km) deep, from 4 to 18 mi (6.4–29 km) wide, and 217 mi (349 km) long, NW Ariz. , NASA's Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral) U.S.

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Date:Jun 1, 2001
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