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Published by Delta Farm Press By Ron Smith Oct 31, 2018    Reed Storey understands the need for effective herbicide options to control hard-to-manage weeds, including the poster child, pigweed. “We need tools to fight resistant weeds,” Storey said from the seat of his cotton picker as he tried to...

Published by Law 360 By Christopher Cole October 23, 2018, 6:19 PM EDT   Monsanto must face several proposed class actions by farmers who accuse the agriculture giant of producing an herbicide that drifted across farmlands, damaging crops and ultimately forcing growers to buy seeds that resist the weedkiller,...

Published by AG Pro By Sonja Begemann October 15, 2018 10:40 AM Oak trees with cupped leaves, a sign of damage from drifting pesticides like dicamba. ( Darrell Hoemann/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting ) The first trial alleging dicamba-based herbicides caused widespread damage after drifting across fields will start...

Published by NPR Heard on All Things Considered By Daniel Charles September 27, 20184:09 PM ET   A Drifting Weedkiller Puts Prized Trees At Risk   Mike Hayes and I are sitting on the patio of Blue Bank Resort, the business he owns on Reelfoot Lake, in Tennessee. The sun is going down. It's...