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U.S. soybean growers are expected to plant over 80 million acres of beans this year. Many growers are looking for non-GMO varieties and unconventional production alternatives to boost yields and improve profitability in a year in which prices are almost certain to be down from recent years. A big rub among soybean growers throughout the U.S. has been weed resistance problems. Whether it is water hemp in the Midwest or its yield-robbing weed’s cousin, Palmer amaranth in the South, the reality is many growers are being forced to go back to pre-GMO herbicides to manage weeds.