Pesticide resistance is on the mind of weed control forecasters everywhere. They advise farmers to think long-term and use multiple modes of effective controls to reduce pesticide resistance. Invasive and/or resistant species arriving as seeds on used farm equipment from the U.S. may easily take root in our warming climate. All these factors underscore the critical role of producers in farmland sustainability. Click here to read more …
Owen Roberts is a faculty member in the Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications program at the University of Illinois. As an agricultural journalist, he is the past president of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists and a lifetime achievement award recipient from the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation. His programs and research papers have been recognized nationally and internationally through awards from the Journal of Applied Communications, the National Agri-Marketing Association, the Association for Communications Excellence, and others.
