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Legislators who favor the liability protection for Bayer say lawsuits alleging the herbicide Roundup causes cancer would hurt the agriculture industry facing increased costs. Opponents demand accountability.

Many farmers are defying efforts by regulators to strictly limit the use of dicamba, a popular weedkiller that's prone to drifting into neighboring fields.

A jury's $289 million award to a former school groundskeeper who said Monsanto's Roundup left him dying of cancer will bolster thousands of pending cases…