The term pesticide treadmill is used in the agriculture world to describe what has become the endless cycle of using pesticides to grow crops. When a farmer plants crops such as corn or soybeans the farmer is not only relying on the weather to produce a good crop but also fighting weeds and bugs. If a weed starts to grow with a crop it will take up space and nutrients that the crop needs to successfully grow and be healthy. Bugs can completely decimate an entire crop if they are not controlled from the very beginning of the growth cycle. This is why company's like Monsanto have come up with genetically modified seeds that can be planted and are not affected by herbicides or pesticides. This is where the term pesticide treadmill comes into play,
