High-profile lawsuits claiming human health risks from the weed killer Roundup have resulted in some wine grape growers receiving pressure from their customers to not use it.Farmers never welcome losing a tool, but it's worth remembering — as growers strive to reduce or replace glyphosate — that it was never without its own drawbacks."Glyphosate was called a once-in-a-lifetime herbicide. But that doesn't mean it is perfect; let's not put this on a pedestal," said Lynn Sosnoskie, weed scientist at Cornell University. She gave a talk about managing grapes without glyphosate to New York growers at B.E.V. NY, the state's annual conference for the grape and wine industry, in February. "I don't want to vilify the product, but I don't want to deify the product, either. We need to be thinking about integrated weed management."
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