What If They Were Right? (AKA 40 years)

     When I was a little boy, I had a girlfriend. Her name was Ms. Norma. She worked at the Farm Supply. I loved going to see her. She'd give me hot cocoa. Hey, when you're 3 or 4, that's all it takes for true love.
     Being at the Farm Supply meant there were old guys hanging around there. In all honesty, they probably weren't that old. Maybe not even as old as I am now. But I remember hearing one time they were talking about weeds. And one of them said that pigweed seeds could lie dormant for 40 years before sprouting. 40 years. That's a long time.
     Later in life, when I was 10 or 11, I was in the 4-H club and I signed up for the wildlife food plot competition. One of the other people who signed up was talking about there being pigweed in the seed package they had gotten. There HAD to be because they hadn't had any pigweed in that field in years. One of the Extension Agents made a comment about pigweed seeds could lie dormant for 40 years before sprouting. 40 years. That's a long time.
     And now. I hear reports about there being Roundup resistant pigweeds. Pigweed, the plant whose seeds can lie dormant for 40 years before sprouting. We may be looking at there being Roundup resistant pigweed sprouting for the next 40 years. 40 years. That's a long time.
    Read about the study.
     Maybe those old guys had heard about that study. Or possibly the Ag Extension agent had learned about it in college. Either way, they had heard or knew something that is backed up by scientific proof.
     40 years. That's a long time.
     Just to give you an idea of how long 40 years is, Roundup was introduced to market 39 years ago.
     And what that means is that there is a possibility that those Roundup resistant pigweed, may have been around before Roundup was even introduced onto the market.