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The herbicide dicamba was supposed to solve farmers' weed problems – instead, it's making farming harder for many of them

  • Written by Bart Elmore, Associate Professor of History and Core Faculty in the Sustainability Institute, The Ohio State University
The herbicide dicamba was supposed to solve farmers' weed problems – instead, it's making farming harder for many of themSoybean plants on an Arkansas farm. Those at left show signs of damage from dicamba; others at right were planted later in the season.Washington Post via Getty Images

In October 2021 I was a guest on a popular podcast to discuss my recently published book, “Seed Money: Monsanto’s Past and Our Food Future,” which examines the...

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