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Link broken in glyphosate supply chain, Bayer says

Company provides heads-up on 'force majeure event'

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News February 14, 2022

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

File photo of a dicamba-damaged soybean plant. (Reuters)

Crops, Weather

U.S. EPA reviewing dicamba over crop damage claims

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek December 21, 2021

Chicago | Reuters –– The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is assessing whether dicamba herbicide can be sprayed safely on soybean and cotton plants genetically engineered to resist the chemical, without the procedure posing “unreasonable risks” to other crops, an agency official said Tuesday. Farmers and scientists for years have reported problems with dicamba drifting away

Crops

Supreme Court asks U.S. government for views on Roundup case

By GFM Network News, Lawrence Hurley, Ludwig Burger December 13, 2021

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

Crops

Bayer wins second straight verdict in a Roundup cancer case

Plaintiff's settlement demands unreasonable, company said

By GFM Network News, Tom Hals December 9, 2021

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

Crops

U.S. farm co-op CHS to pay members to enrol in Bayer carbon farming program

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume November 3, 2021

Reuters – Agricultural seeds and chemicals supplier Bayer AG is expanding its carbon farming program to members of U.S. farm cooperative CHS Inc, boosting incentives for members to participate in the program, the companies said on Wednesday. The agreement will make it easier for CHS’s 75,000 farmer-members to enrol in Bayer’s Carbon Program, an early

Bayer’s cross symbol hangs in a terminal at Frankfurt International Airport. (Typhoonski/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Bayer sees farmers pre-buying inputs as supply-chain snarls continue

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter October 19, 2021

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

Crops, Other

Bayer wins its first Roundup jury verdict in case of child’s cancer

By GFM Network News, Tom Hals October 5, 2021

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

Crops, Other

Bayer takes battle over Roundup cancer claims to U.S. Supreme Court

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 16, 2021

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

Markets

Corteva launches Brazil biotech soy, tackles Bayer head-on

By Ana Mano, GFM Network News August 10, 2021

Sao Paulo | Reuters – Corteva Agriscience said on Aug. 9 it will start selling biotech soybean seeds in Brazil, as it seeks to bolster its presence in the world’s largest producer of the oilseed and tackle German rival Bayer AG. Corteva said its Enlist soybean seeds can resist three weed killers including glyphosate, ammonium

Markets, Other

Bayer Q2 misses forecasts as costs, forex effects bite

By GFM Network News August 5, 2021

Frankfurt | Reuters – Bayer shares fell to their lowest levels in more than seven months after the German agricultural and pharmaceuticals group reported lower-than-expected second-quarter core earnings due to higher production costs and currency headwinds. Second-quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) before special items fell 10.6 percent to 2.58 billion euros ($3.05 billion),

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Tag Archives Bayer

Link broken in glyphosate supply chain, Bayer says

U.S. EPA reviewing dicamba over crop damage claims

Supreme Court asks U.S. government for views on Roundup case

Bayer wins second straight verdict in a Roundup cancer case

U.S. farm co-op CHS to pay members to enrol in Bayer carbon farming program

Bayer sees farmers pre-buying inputs as supply-chain snarls continue

Bayer wins its first Roundup jury verdict in case of child’s cancer

Bayer takes battle over Roundup cancer claims to U.S. Supreme Court

Corteva launches Brazil biotech soy, tackles Bayer head-on

Bayer Q2 misses forecasts as costs, forex effects bite

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