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Loss Of Glyphosate Would Harm U.S. Agriculture, New Report Says

A grim future awaits American agriculture if glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, is no longer available to growers, a new report commissioned by Bayer concludes.
 
Aimpoint Research reports “military wargaming techniques,” among other methods, to find that a world without glyphosate would force farmers to turn to alternative chemistries and adjust their practices, but “at a substantial cost to [them] and the environment.”  Figurately, that cost would be around $1.9 billion, the report claims.
 
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