US opens door to new herbicide-resistant seeds

Friday, January 3, 2014 - 12:00 in Mathematics & Economics

(AP)—The U.S. Department of Agriculture opened the door Friday to commercial sales of corn and soybean seeds genetically engineered to resist the weed killer 2,4-D, which is best known as an ingredient in the Vietnam War-era herbicide Agent Orange.

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