Reading Time: 2 minutes No one is yet using the word ‘shortage’ but farmers may need to get ready for less Roundup temporarily, following a “force majeure” event at a plant supplying an ingredient in the recipe for glyphosate. Bayer, the chemical company whose Roundup brand remains the best known of the glyphosate herbicides, reported as much in an […] Read more
Link broken in glyphosate supply chain, Bayer says
Company provides heads-up on 'force majeure event'
A better prescription for pesticides
Instead of more regulations, give farmers more information on better use of pesticides for each field and crop
Reading Time: 7 minutes This thought occurred to me as I was getting a prescription refilled. Even though I had used the drug previously, the pharmacist reviewed when and how often it was to be taken, and reminded me that it should be taken with food. This information was also clearly detailed on the label and an accompanying printout. […] Read more
Making flax harvest a little smoother
An IHARF study looks at four pre-harvest options for dry-down and weed control
Reading Time: 4 minutes Harvestability and residue management problems discourage some producers from growing flax, but one solution may be a pre-harvest herbicide or desiccant. Flax stalks are fibrous and tough to cut or chop, says Chris Holzapfel, research manager at the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation (IHARF). “Sometimes the stalks can stay green for a long time, which […] Read more
Supreme Court asks U.S. government for views on Roundup case
Reading Time: 3 minutes Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked President Joe Biden’s administration for its views on whether the justices should hear Bayer’s bid to dismiss claims by customers who contend its Roundup herbicide causes cancer, as the company seeks to avoid potentially billions of dollars in damages. Bayer in August filed a […] Read more
Bayer wins second straight verdict in a Roundup cancer case
Plaintiff's settlement demands unreasonable, company said
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — A California jury found that Bayer’s Roundup herbicide was not the cause of a woman’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Bayer said on Thursday, delivering the chemical giant its second trial victory over claims the popular herbicide causes cancer. The jury in San Bernardino County found that Donnetta Stephens’ cancer was not caused by her exposure […] Read more
Bayer sees farmers pre-buying inputs as supply-chain snarls continue
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago/Berlin | Reuters — U.S. farmers are pre-buying seeds and chemicals they need earlier than normal, in a bid to secure supplies for next spring amid sector-wide supply-chain problems, a top executive at German agricultural and pharmaceuticals firm Bayer said Tuesday. Bayer also estimates its average seed prices will go up about five per cent […] Read more
Bayer wins its first Roundup jury verdict in case of child’s cancer
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Bayer won its first trial over claims its Roundup herbicide causes cancer after a California jury found that the herbicide was not a substantial cause of a child’s rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the company said on Tuesday. Destiny Clark alleged that her son Ezra developed Burkitt’s lymphoma after he was exposed to […] Read more
Bayer takes battle over Roundup cancer claims to U.S. Supreme Court
Reading Time: 2 minutes Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer, trying to contain billions of dollars in legal costs, filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court verdict that upheld damages to a customer blaming his cancer on the German group’s glyphosate-based herbicides. Bayer last week lost a third appeal against verdicts that sided with […] Read more
U.S. judge rejects Roundup settlement plan as ‘unreasonable’
Proposal would cover suits over future illnesses
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — A U.S. judge rejected Bayer’s US$2 billion class action proposal to resolve future lawsuits alleging its Roundup herbicide causes cancer, saying in a Wednesday order that parts of the plan were “clearly unreasonable.” U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco said the proposal “would accomplish a lot for Monsanto,” which Bayer […] Read more
Mexican judge rejects industry bid to halt GMO corn, glyphosate ban
Farm council warns of lost productivity
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mexico City | Reuters — A Mexican federal judge ruled against a request by the National Farm Council to freeze a government plan to ban genetically modified (GMO) corn and the widely used herbicide glyphosate by 2024, the national science council said on Monday. Judge Martin Adolfo Santos Perez’s ruling allows the executive order issued […] Read more
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