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Canola, soybeans, and field corn are the principal herbicide tolerant crops being grown in Maine and New England. Adoption of this technology by soybean producers was extremely rapid (probably the most rapid adoption of any technology in history of agriculture), primarily because this herbicide approach provided growers with an herbicide that would not damage the crop, provided a wide spectrum of weed control, and gave growers a wider window of application timing than most other weed control approaches. Herbicide tolerant canola has been almost equally popular as growers had very few herbicide options. Herbicide-tolerant corn adoption rates have been somewhat slower as most Maine growers have preferred preemergence herbicide approaches for timing purposes with other tasks on the dairy farm.<\/p>\n