But that wasn't successful. More recently, some lakefront homeowners applied to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment for a permit to use a herbicide called Diquat to kill the plants.

The spraying of orchards and vineyards certainly isn't an eco-friendly process, with tractors spewing exhaust as they douse crops in herbicides and pesticides. That's one of the main reasons the ...

As they transformed it into a horse ranch, they toppled trees and stripped the undergrowth with the herbicide paraquat. Through 2012, Platt sprayed the powerful weedkiller for multiple days in a row ...

I mean, it saw the weeds, and it sprayed it.” Significant Herbicide Savings Across Fields Hartmann was impressed as he watched it work across the field, but he says what ultimately confirmed ...

Photo / 123RF Greenpeace says it is unbelievable that New Zealand is continuing to use a herbicide that is now banned in both Australia and the United States. In August the United States took an ...

This is a herbicide registered to control weeds in both agricultural and non-agricultural settings. Dacthal works by inhibiting auxin, a growth hormone in plants which promotes the development of ...

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