(Reuters) – As U.S. farmers struggle to control the rise of “superweeds” choking key crop land, a leading herbicide known as 2,4-D that has shown good weed control for decades appears to be losing its ...

A volatile weed killer linked to cancer and endocrine issues will likely be sprayed on millions more acres of soybeans and cotton across the Midwest and South starting this year. In January, China ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Ecologists call it the “pesticide treadmill”: pests like weeds and bugs evolve to ...

WASHINGTON — Faced with tougher and more resistant weeds, corn and soybean farmers are anxiously awaiting government decisions on a new version of a popular herbicide — and on genetically modified ...

The controversial defoliant manufactured by The Dow Chemical Company and Monsanto for the U.S. Department of Defense during the Vietnam War is rumored to be making a comeback in the form of new ...

Chemical makers have been racing to find an answer to resistance that has built up against the broadly used glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide, and they had hoped 2,4-D was at least a partial answer ...