Monsanto says it’s not to blame for misuse of old dicamba

A Monsanto executive “acknowledged the company misjudged the timeline” for EPA approval of its lower-volatility formulation of the weedkiller dicamba in 2016, reports Reuters. The result was that some farmers, worried about invasive weeds, planted Monsanto’s new dicamba-tolerant soybean seeds and used older versions of dicamba, blamed for damage to neighboring fields. In court filings… » Read More

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