Black Seeds Beware: Herbicide receives 2(ee) label for seed head suppression

摘要

To say that a rice farmer does not want to see black seeds in his harvested crop is quite an understatement. They have a direct impact on the crop's quality, which translates to a profitability hit when the mill docks the farmer 30 cents/cwt in grade3 rice (15 cents /bu) if there are 6 seeds in a 700 gram sample.