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A World Without Glyphosate

A World Without Glyphosate


Glyphosate is the most popular crop protection chemical used by farmers to control weeds in corn and soybeans in Nebraska. Currently, the product is undergoing a registration review by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which says the review is “a periodic revaluation of pesticide registrations to ensure that existing pesticide products continue to perform their intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment.” Each pesticide must be reviewed every 15 years under federal law.

The outcome of the review could be more restrictions on glyphosate use or the denial of the use of the pesticide altogether. Either could have implications for Nebraska crop producers. A report released by Aimpoint Research and sponsored by Bayer, A Future without Glyphosate: Assessing the Impacts and Costs to Agriculture and the Environment, offers as assessment of economic implications for producers of a world without glyphosate.

Source: nefb.org

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