Danish growers integrate non-chemical weed control

Cut the Crop! by Foundation for Arable Research (NZ)

Sep 12, 202615:29Science & Medicine

Danish arable growers have few ag-chem active ingredients available, so have no option but to adopt integrated weed management, says visiting Danish weed expert Mette Sonderskov who led a series of FAR weed workshops. In...

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