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Re:Unsealed Documents Raise Questions on Monsanto Weed Killer by DanBC on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @11:10AM (#13876620)
The whole point of roundup is that you can use it earlier in the growing cycle, when weeds and non-GMO crops are more vulnerable. This should mean that farmers can use less chemical so long as they're using GMO crop.

"Buy our product, you'll spend more on inputs" would be a fucking stupid USP for Monsanto.

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Re:Unsealed Documents Raise Questions on Monsanto Weed Killer by 09bjb on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @11:36AM (#13876814)
It _should_...until the pests attaching the crops develop resistance to the chosen combination of agrichemical/genetically-induced resistance to said agrichemical.

Here's a 2010 article--it's gotten significantly worse since then. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/business/energy-environmen...

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