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Commentary: Toxic pesticides hurt all of us

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion March 28, 2023

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When I started farming corn and soybeans on our 320-acre family farm in Greene County, Iowa, in 1976, herbicides like dicamba were a go-to to control weeds. Dicamba is , but it helped control broadleaf weeds in my corn crop – until it didn’t. Bayer and BASF are pushing the controversial weedkiller dicamba. Bidermann/Dreamstime.com/TNS ABOUT THE AUTHOR George Naylor is a farmer in Iowa, and past president of the National Family Farm... + full article



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