roundup

     

Rounup is the brand name of a systemic, broad-spectrum herbicide produced by the U.S. company Monsanto and contains the active ingredient glyphosate. Glyphosate is the most used herbicide in the USA and is the most-sold agrichemical of all time. In the US, 5-8 million pounds are used every year on lawns and yards and 85-90 million pounds are used annually in US agriculture.

Trivia about roundup

  • It's the gathering in of the cattle; the "last" one means going to meet your maker
  • John E. Franz was inducted into the Inventors H.O.F. for creating this trademark herbicide for sidewalk weeds
  • The act of herding cattle; death was sometimes called "the last" one
  • Cowboys collect roaming cattle for sorting & branding at these "circular" events