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Farmers want to control weeds. Is a controversial herbicide the answer?

Controlling weeds is a perennial problem for farmers. The Environmental Protection Agency issued rules earlier this year for one controversial herbicide that can be prone to drifting and harming some other crops and trees. Some experts say that not might solve all the problems.

Harvest Public Media’s Will Bauer reports.

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