Fighting weed resistance with BASF

by | Jan 21, 2022 | 5 Ag Stories, News

AUDIO REPORT: Daniel Waldstein, BASF

BASF officials say overreliance on a single herbicide can cause resistant weeds to develop.

Daniel Waldstein, technical marketing manager for BASF, says weed resistance puts the ability to grow a crop in a specific field in jeopardy. When resistant weeds develop, farmers face the additional costs required to control them?unplanned herbicide applications, intense manual labor, and in extreme cases, total crop loss.

Learn more by listening to Daniel Waldstein?s full interview at the top of this article. Waldstein spoke with the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network at the 2021 NAFB Convention in Kansas City. You can also visit agriculture.basf.com for more information.