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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Monsanto Is Paying Farmers To Use Its Controversial Pesticide

Corporate pesticide maker Monsanto, which has faced several recent lawsuits against its products, is paying farmers to use its controversial weedkiller XtendiMax with VaporGrip, an herbicide based on a chemical known as dicamba, Yahoo News reported.

The incentive to use XtendiMax aims to refund farmers over half the sticker price of the product in 2018 if they spray it on soybeans that Monsanto engineered to resist it, according to company data.

“We believe cash-back incentives for using XtendiMax with VaporGrip Technology better enable growers to use a management system that represents the next level of weed control,” said Ryan Rubischko, Monsanto product manager.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Damn, hard to say "no" with an offer like that!

Anonymous said...

what a ruse. they jack up the price then give you your money back and you are actually paying what you should have been all along.

when are people going to learn?

Anonymous said...

Monsanto's genetic engineering is a dangerous slope. Europe has declared some of its products carcinogens while US officials continue excepting their lobbying monies while pretending it is not.
Who knows how this will impact the health of our children and their children.

Anonymous said...

Monsanto (my satan) is a purely evil company with very harmful products in the public domain.