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Bayer to invest $7.5 billion in new herbicides

By Reuters June 14, 2019

Berlin | Reuters — Bayer said it would invest five billion euros (C$7.5 billion) in developing new weedkillers and reducing its environmental impact by 30 per cent by 2030, as it seeks to address the fallout from U.S. class-action litigation over glyphosate. “While glyphosate will continue to play an important role in agriculture and in […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat

USDA investigates unapproved GMO wheat in Washington state

By Julie Ingwersen June 8, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed the discovery of unapproved, genetically modified (GM) wheat plants growing in an un-planted agricultural field in Washington state. There was no evidence the wheat had entered the food supply, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said in a statement on Friday. The wheat […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

California jury hits Bayer with US$2 billion award

By Tina Bellon May 13, 2019

Reuters — A California jury on Monday awarded more than US$2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide caused their cancer, in the largest U.S. jury verdict to date against the company in litigation over the chemical. It was the third consecutive U.S. jury verdict against the company in litigation over the […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Glyphosate not a carcinogen, U.S. EPA reiterates

By Tom Polansek May 1, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Tuesday that glyphosate, a chemical in many popular weed killers, is not a carcinogen, contradicting decisions by U.S. juries that found it caused cancer in people. The EPA’s announcement reaffirms its earlier findings about the safety of glyphosate, the key ingredient in Bayer’s […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Investors call for reprieve for Bayer bosses after AGM rebuke

By Ludwig Burger April 29, 2019

Frankfurt | Reuters — Three of Bayer’s largest German investors said the drugmaker’s embattled management needed to stay at the helm to avoid further upheaval, despite their unease over a share price slump in the wake of the US$63 billion Monsanto takeover. The backing for CEO Werner Baumann comes after an unprecedented rebuke at the […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Bayer shareholders vent ire over Monsanto-linked stock rout

By Ludwig Burger, Patricia Weiss April 26, 2019

Bonn | Reuters — Bayer shareholders vented their anger over its stock price slump on Friday as litigation risks mount from the German drugmaker’s US$63 billion takeover of seed and chemical firm Monsanto. Several large investors said they will not support aspirin invesotr Bayer’s management in a key vote scheduled for the end of its […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. criticizes Vietnam ban of glyphosate imports

By Khanh Vu, Tom Polansek April 11, 2019

Chicago/Hanoi | Reuters — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Thursday criticized Vietnam’s move to ban imports of glyphosate-based herbicides, saying the decision would have “devastating impacts on global agricultural production.” Vietnam’s government said in a statement that the toxic level of herbicides containing glyphosate had long been of concern, in the latest display […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Democratic contender Warren targets corporate agriculture

By John Whitesides March 28, 2019

Washington | Reuters — Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren took aim on Wednesday at agricultural conglomerates, promising her administration would break up big agribusiness mergers that she said have hurt family farmers. Warren, a U.S. senator from Massachusetts and a fierce Wall Street critic, released a broad plan that she said would make it easier […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. jury says Bayer must pay $80 million to man in Roundup cancer trial

By Alexandria Sage, Tina Bellon March 28, 2019

San Francisco/New York | Reuters –– A U.S. jury on Wednesday awarded US$80 million to a man who claimed his use of Bayer’s glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup caused his cancer, in the latest legal setback for the company facing thousands of similar lawsuits. The jury in San Francisco federal court said the company was liable for […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Second U.S. jury finds Bayer’s Roundup caused cancer

By Jim Christie, Tina Bellon March 19, 2019

Reuters — A U.S. jury on Tuesday found Bayer’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide caused cancer, a blow to the company eight months after another jury issued a US$289 million verdict over similar claims in a different case. Tuesday’s unanimous jury decision in San Francisco federal court, which came after five days of deliberation, was not a […] Read more

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Tag Archives Monsanto — page 2

Bayer to invest $7.5 billion in new herbicides

USDA investigates unapproved GMO wheat in Washington state

California jury hits Bayer with US$2 billion award

Glyphosate not a carcinogen, U.S. EPA reiterates

Investors call for reprieve for Bayer bosses after AGM rebuke

Bayer shareholders vent ire over Monsanto-linked stock rout

U.S. criticizes Vietnam ban of glyphosate imports

Democratic contender Warren targets corporate agriculture

U.S. jury says Bayer must pay $80 million to man in Roundup cancer trial

Second U.S. jury finds Bayer’s Roundup caused cancer

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