herbicide
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The residents soon suspected the funnels contained some kind of herbicide that was slowly killing the tree - a suspicion also shared by arborists who came to examine it.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
As part of its tech push, Deere’s fee-based software allows herbicide sprayers to distinguish weeds from crops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
In its most recent quarter, the company exceeded profit expectations after its dicamba herbicide was reapproved for use in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
For decades, Roundup was closely associated with glyphosate, the herbicide first registered in the United States in 1974.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
Those might be mixed with kernels grown with another herbicide, metolachlor.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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Bayer has spent more than $10 billion settling thousands of cases linked to glyphosate-based herbicides since it acquired the US agrichemical group Monsanto, developer of the popular Roundup weedkiller, in 2018.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
The company said it would continue to back the safety of its glyphosate-based herbicides and defend its products in any remaining litigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Think of Bayer and Vylor, which sell novel crop seeds to farmers that can withstand various insecticides and herbicides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
In 2001, Fairfax lawmakers enacted a ban on all herbicides, insecticides and rodenticides on public land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
But as the herbicides rain down on forest and field, on marsh and rangeland, they are bringing about marked changes and even permanent destruction of wildlife habitat.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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