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From the Farm: Chemical Supplies for Herbicides

Farm chemical supplies are having difficulty sourcing typical herbicides as Stu reports in Thursday’s From the Farm.
 
COVID-19 is being blamed for a shortfall of the popular herbicides “Roundup” and “Liberty.”
 
“If we are seeing any tighter supplies on those two chemicals. There’s some tighter supplies on other stuff, but most of those, the Roundup and the Liberty are the biggest two, I would say tighter supplies, or short supplies in certain areas of the country right now,” said Kevin Johnson, Interim President of Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association.
 
Johnson said ingredients for Roundup and Liberty are shipped from Chinese chemical factories.
 
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