Climate change means growers need to rethink how to manage their weeds

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 1, 2022

The effects of climate change in Maine was already  bad news for farmers and gardeners. Now it looks like the ones who rely on non-chemical weed management practices are in for another climate-induced challenge. The trend over the last four years in Maine of periods of drought and torrential rain storms along with overall general warming conditions have created a perfect agricultural storm in which weeds can flourish. Those same conditions are going to make weed control more challenging.