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Monsanto’s IL dicamba soybean damage assessment disputed
A well-known extension weed scientist disputes Monsanto’s assessment of dicamba drift damage to soybeans in Illinois. Aaron Hager with the University of Illinois tells Brownfield there have been 115 official reports of dicamba damage in his state but that’s not the whole story, “Just using that number as a measure of how widespread this is in the state is to grossly underestimate reality. For every one report it’s hard to tell how many other instances have taken place that have never been filed.”
Monsanto’s commercial operations lead Brian Naber estimates in a July 21st blog post that more than 3-million of the more than 10-million soybean acres planted in Illinois are RoundUp Ready 2 Xtend.
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