A recent study by an agricultural economist shows that Roundup Ready cropping systems are losing profitability and increasing pesticide use, but some area farmers and agronomists disagree. According ...
A few letters published recently in support of the measure say that it will reduce the use of the herbicide Roundup, which has recently been in the news as a “probable” human carcinogen (as are ...
Then, 10 years later, Roundup-Ready wheat started unexpectedly turning up, or “volunteering,” as plant scientists say. First at an Oregon farm in 2013, where a farmer spraying his field into chemical ...
Recent actions by Monsanto have sparked outrage by Canadian farmers and reignited a long-standing battle to keep genetically modified (GM) wheat out of the marketplace. Farmers say the introduction of ...