When Monsanto (now Bayer) launched its dicamba-resistant soybeans in 2017, the move allowed farmers to spray dicamba directly on the state’s dominant crop without killing them — a shift that drove up usage and misuse complaints to record highs across Illinois. In 2016, Illinois corn growers applied about 65,000 pounds of the herbicide. Two years […]
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