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In reply to the discussion: More joy from Monsanto ............. [View all]Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Roundup is a broad spectrum herbicide and kills a wide variety of plants, including most weeds and most agricultural crops. Roundup use on agricultural fields was limited to when the crop was not growing.
Farmers liked the idea of being able to spray just one herbicide on their crops to take out all weeds without harming their crops. As a result, a number of "Roundup Ready" crops were developed. Soybean was one of the first and most popular.
If you bought and planted Roundup Ready crops, you are not obligated to using Roundup; it simply makes Roundup an option when it was not an option before.
Unfortunately, the practice of repeated spraying of Roundup on a millions of acres of farmland had the predictable result of developing resistance in some weeds.