SACRAMENTO — A state board on Thursday banned unnecessary hand-weeding on farms to protect workers from back injuries, acting on an emergency basis to fix a problem they had discussed for a decade.

California became the first state Thursday to ban weeding by hand on most farms, saying the work is too backbreaking for laborers. Under a rule approved by the California Occupational Safety and ...

Perfect green lawn with wooden fence and weeds in background - Alexander Shapovalov/Getty Images Maintaining a clean, weed-free lawn doesn't have to feel like an uphill battle, especially if you make ...

Laotian rice growers fighting a losing war against weeds Women and girls do most of the backbreaking weeding by hand Two Australians have developed a mechanical solution The backbreaking work is done ...

Discussing superweeds, you say that hand weeding crops is effective, though costly (22 June, p 12). But it can be effective only for crops grown in narrow rows with wide spaces between rows that ...

The future of weeding is here, and it comes in the form of a robot. Specialty crops such as lettuce, broccoli, tomatoes, and onions may be the first to benefit. The future of weeding is here, and it ...

A Western Australian research project has found it is financially viable to hand weed low numbers of wild radish on a broadacre scale. Hand weeding has been investigated in the mid west of Western ...