THE FOLLOWING PICTURES WERE TAKEN IN JUNE OF 1997
COPYRIGHT © Britt Bailey, 1997

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ROUNDUP ULTRA BEING SPRAYED OVER A ROUNDUP READY SOYBEAN FIELD,
HUGHES, ARKANASAS

This plane costs about half a million dollars. In most cases, the farmer leases the plane by the hour. The operator can cover 1000 acres, saturating the plants with herbicide in about an hour. The smell was so strong that I covered my face just to get the picture.

DEAD WEEDS AFTER ONE APPLICATION OF ROUNDUP.
Roundup Ready Cotton, Arkansas, USA

(Source: New York Times, 2/24/98)

Approximately 35,000 acres of Roundup Ready Cotton failed during August of 1997.
Most of the failures occurred along the Mississippi River in an area referred to as the Delta.

ROUNDUP READY COTTON PLANT
LOOKING LIKE ANY OTHER COTTON PLANT