Crop Herbicides Play A Role In Shrinking Monarch Population

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, Associated Press: Nation
Sat, 02/28/2015 - 10:47am

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A butterfly being considered for federal protection is emblematic of the plight that pollinating insects face in part because farmers, enticed by ethanol mandates, are growing more herbicide-resistant crops, which has stripped millions of acres of crucial plant habitat....

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