(Wines&Vines) - Two recent news reports gave conflicting information about a popular herbicide. “Glyphosate is a likely carcinogen!” exclaimed one. The other said the opposite.

Yet other stories reported traces of the herbicide in some wines.

It was timely, then, that the Napa County Agricultural Commissioner’s office and the University of California Cooperative Extension already had a meeting scheduled about vineyard weed control using glyphosate and alternatives.