View the comments that have been submitted by the WSSA and its affiliate societies regarding the NPDES Pesticide General Permit...

The Coalition for a Sustainable Agricultural Workforce is a partnership of professional scientific societies and agricultural industry leaders who have come together to generate support to train future generations of agricultural scientists to work at universities, corporations and government agencies.
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The Weed Science Society of America, along with the Regional Weed Science Societies, have submitted comments for consideration in the development of the Fiscal Year 2011 AFRI program. Click here to read the letter.

The National Research Council (NRC), in its April 2010 report on the impact of biotech crops on farm sustainability, has made two critically important recommendations regarding weed control and agricultural sustainability. First, combating weed resistance is essential to preserve the significant environmental and economic benefits of herbicide-resistant crops. And second, continued progress against weed resistance requires a stronger emphasis on management, new tools and quality research.

The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) agrees with the NRC that it is important that farmers adopt more diverse weed management strategies that can prevent weeds from developing resistance to herbicides such as glyphosate and glufosinate, the main ingredients used in herbicide-resistant cropping systems. Click here to view the entire position paper.

April 27, 2010 letter to Dr. Roger Beachy, Director of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, from from the National and Regional Weed Science Societies, regarding the omission of weed management in the AFRI. Click here to download the PDF.

Summary of Herbicide Mechanism of Action According to the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC) and Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) Classification has been added to the Resistance section of the website by the Herbicide Resistant Plants Committee (E12).

The Public Awareness committee and the Professional Development committee have created a downloadable PDF describing the WSSA, the importance of WSSA and Weed Scientists, Careers in Weed Science and the benefits of membership. This attractive one page document can be printed for distribution to students and others interested in the WSSA Click here to download the PDF.

RSS feeds have been added to the WSSA homepage, Jobs page, Press Release page, and Professional Development page. By subscribing to an RSS feed, you will be automatically notified of any updates on that webpage. For help in subscribing, please see the RSS HowTo Guide that has been created by the WSSA Professional Development Committee.

The WSSA Professional Development Committee has gathered several documents that explains RSS feeds, Podcasting, and Facebook. Please see the committee's webpage for more information on how these tools can be used.