Provided is a cropping system for growing plants and managing weed growth in a crop-growing environment comprising: a) planting in a crop growing environment a crop seed that germinates into a crop plant comprising tolerance to a benzoic acid herbicide and b) applying at least a first herbicide treatment to the crop growing environment to control weed growth, wherein the herbicide treatment is selected from the group consisting of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth treatment set forth in Table 3, wherein the treatment comprises an amount of herbicide effective to control weed growth without significantly damaging the crop seed or crop plant, and wherein at least one herbicide treatment is applied which comprises an herbicidally effective amount of a benzoic acid herbicide selected from the group consisting of the first, second, third, and fourth treatment set forth in Table 3.
