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Monsanto's new GM wheat will increase spraying of three toxic herbicides

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(NaturalNews) As reported on Natural News by David Gutierrez in October of 2014: "A field of unregulated genetically modified (GM) wheat has been discovered growing wild in Montana, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced. No varieties of GM wheat have been approved for cultivation in the United States, but this is the second plot discovered growing on its own in less than a year and a half."

Do you think those two plots of genetically modified wheat are the only two out there? When wheat carries the traits of "herbicide resistance," that means more and more herbicide will have to be sprayed as the weeds become resistant too. Agrochemical giant Monsanto is at it again, developing GM herbicide-resistant wheat. This time around, the wheat will be resistant to THREE different chemical herbicides: glyphosate, glufosinate and dicamba. Back in 2013, an Oregon farmer found Monsanto's original "Roundup Ready" wheat growing in his fields. Monsanto had claimed to stop developing that line altogether about 10 years ago, but they obviously lied. It's like the Cold War with these corporations -- they agree not to do something and then they go double down and work harder on it. Monsanto had actually RESTARTED extensive field trials in 2011. Of course, the USDA called it an isolated incident and just couldn't figure out how it could have happened in an Oregon field. Sure.
 


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