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MISSION CREEP: Scotts Miracle-Gro has spent millions trying and failing to eradicate creeping bentgrass, which is genetically modified to be resistant to the herbicide Roundup.
CAROLYN KASTER/AP
THIS IS the story of an Oregon weed that nobody’s high on. In two areas of the state, and in nearby Idaho, a genetically modified (GM), weedy grass has spread beyond fields where it was grown by contractors ailiated with Scotts Miracle-Gro, which developed it beginning in the 1990s in collaboration with Monsanto. Over more than a decade, Scotts has spent millions trying and failing to eradicate the plant, known as creeping bentgrass, which is genetically modified to be resistant to the herbicide Roundup.