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Burned before by โ€˜pesticide drift,โ€™ vineyard owners enter growing season bracing for the worstย 

For two decades, Nick Pehle’s grapes, pressed and distilled, have filled glasses at wineries across Missouri. Most seasons, the vines on his 20-acre farm in Etlah are clustered with different cultivars โ€” vignoles, aromellas, chambourcins. Last year was different. In May, before the vines could bloom, their leaves started curling into the shape of small […]

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