USDA-APHIS granted approval for sale and use of Roundup Ready alfalfa on June 14, 2005 and the following day the EPA approved the labels to use Roundup for weed control in Roundup Ready alfalfa forage and hay production. State approvals of labels for to use Roundup Original MAX and Roundup WeatherMAX herbicides on Roundup Ready alfalfa have followed (all except CA and NY have approved WeatherMAX labels).