Arkansas banned a weedkiller. Now, Monsanto is suing.

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By Nathanael JohnsonFeb 15, 2018, 2:02 pm83 pts
When Monsanto introduced a new kind of seed that wouldn’t die when exposed to the herbicide dicamba, it triggered a crisis in the southeastern United States. Farmers planted the seed and started spraying dicamba, and it worked great! Except that it drifted onto other farmers’ fields and killed their crops.…

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