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Federal judge dismisses ‘key’ claims against Monsanto in dicamba drift lawsuit

Emily Zantow | 
A federal judge in Missouri dismissed several claims in a class action brought by farmers claiming agrochemical giant Monsanto sold ...
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Heated legal battle over Monsanto’s controversial herbicide dicamba likely to continue in 2019

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit against dicamba [the week of January 7], but left open ...
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Legal challenges expected after EPA re-authorizes controversial weed-killing herbicide dicamba

Susan Bruninga, Tiffany Stecker | 
Farmers can use the pesticide dicamba to clear fields of stubborn weeds for two more growing seasons after the EPA ...
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As ‘Dicamba drift’ crop damage declines, will EPA re-approve controversial herbicide?

Clinton Griffiths | 
The world’s largest agribusiness expects the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to announce a renewal and an updated label ...
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Dicamba controversy: EPA’s decision on herbicide’s future expected by end of September

Margy Eckelkamp | 
Throughout this year, EPA has been monitoring reports during the application season and it’s expected the agency will announce its ...
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Video: French anti-GMO activists target agricultural cooperative in dicamba, glyphosate protest

At dawn on Monday, August 27th, [French] GMO protesters rallied in Glomel .... As early as 6 am, they blocked access ...
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New dicamba application strategies could be key to preventing accidental damage to soybean crops

Gil Gullickson | 
Using dicamba as a preplant weed-management tool or abiding by state cutoff dates for postemergence applications may be a way ...
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Viewpoint: Dicamba is controversial, but herbicide’s benefits outweigh its costs

Tim Burrack | 
.... Palmer Amaranth, Tall Waterhemp, and Giant Ragweed .... they’re among the worst invaders in a farmer’s soybean fields—prolific weeds that ...
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EPA investigates illegal use of dicamba as it mulls herbicide’s re-approval

Stephen Steed | 
Despite being banned for in-crop use this summer in Arkansas, dicamba is a suspect in damage to thousands of acres ...
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Are farmers struggling to control weeds in the face of dicamba herbicide restrictions?

Amy Bickel | 
If there is one thorn in the side of Missouri farmer Tommy Riley, it’s pigweed. ...Riley told members of the ...
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Soybean farmer sues dicamba manufacturers, seeks injunction on sale of popular herbicide

A northeast Nebraska farmer has sued herbicide manufacturers, saying his neighbors’ use of the company products damaged his soybean crop ...
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Talking Biotech: Roundup Ready GMO crops made weed management ‘easy’—an agronomist’s view

Chad Lee, Kevin Folta | 
Kentucky agronomist Chad Lee: Farmers choose herbicide-tolerant GMO crops because they simplify effective weed management and enable no-till farming ...
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Scientists challenge Center for Biological Diversity report claiming monarch butterflies threatened by dicamba herbicide

Andrew Porterfield | 
Dicamba drifts. Apparently, more than expected by a lot of farmers, agriculture officials and manufacturers. But does that mean, as ...
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GMO labeling emerges as hot-button issue in organic and conventional food industry fights

Marc Brazeau | 
Editor's note: This article is part three of a three-part series by Marc Brazeau on his 2018 predictions on food, ...
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Lessons learned from the 2017 Monsanto dicamba herbicide fiasco

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | 
Farmers, university scientists, the EPA and ag companies are working together to figure out what went wrong and how to ...
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Dicamba drift fiasco: Example of failed GMO-related chemical technology?

Andrew Porterfield | 
Several states have banned the use of a recently reformulated dicamba herbicide after farmers complained about damaging chemical drift. Identifying ...
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