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Glyphosate not a carcinogen, U.S. EPA reiterates

By GFM Network News 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

Bayer CEO Werner Baumann speaks during the company’s annual general shareholders’ meeting in Bonn, Germany on April 26, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay)

Crops, Reuters

Investors call for reprieve for Bayer bosses after AGM rebuke

By GFM Network News 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 GFM Network News 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 GFM Network News 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

A file photo of rapeseed fields near Vouziers in France’s Ardennes department. (Photopixal/iStock/Getty Images)

Canola, Crops, Reuters

French rapeseed farmers destroy 18,000 hectares over GMO risk

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 5, 2019

Paris | Reuters — French farmers destroyed a total of 18,000 hectares of rapeseed, more than double the area initially expected, following the discovery of a non-authorized genetically modified organism (GMO) in seeds, German group Bayer said on Friday. Bayer had announced in February that farmers in France and Germany were turning over thousands of […] Read more

Crops

BASF Ag Solutions to move Canadian head office west

By GFM Network News March 29, 2019

The Canadian arm of BASF Agricultural Solutions plans to relocate its head office to Calgary from Mississauga effective Oct. 1. The crop protection arm of the German chemical company said Wednesday it wants to move the Canadian head office “closer to customers” after closing its deals last year to buy a “range of businesses and […] Read more

Edwin Hardeman, at right with his attorneys Jennifer Moore (left) and Aimee Wagstaff, speaks to the media, after Bayer was found liable for Hardeman’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma arising from his use of Roundup herbicide, at a federal courthouse in San Francisco on March 27, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Alexandria Sage)

Crops, Reuters

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

By GFM Network News 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

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is seeking the Democrats’ 2020 nomination for president, greets Ella Clare Campbell after speaking in Memphis on March 17, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Karen Pulfer Focht)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Democratic contender Warren targets corporate agriculture

By GFM Network News 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

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

By GFM Network News 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

Crops, Reuters

Bayer reaps profit lift from Monsanto

By GFM Network News February 27, 2019

Leverkusen, Germany | Reuters –– Bayer’s US$63 billion purchase of seed and chemical firm Monsanto made its mark on the German company’s fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday, lifting profit and boding well for the peak season of its enlarged agriculture business. However, mounting litigation risks related to Monsanto still cast a pall over an adjusted […] Read more

Ag in Motion innovation awards showcase top 2025 ag technology

U.S. pulse group commits to doubling production in five years

Klassen: Western Canadian calf markets surge on New World screwworm fears

GFM Network News

Ag in Motion innovation awards showcase top 2025 ag technology

U.S. pulse group commits to doubling production in five years

Klassen: Western Canadian calf markets surge on New World screwworm fears

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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

French rapeseed farmers destroy 18,000 hectares over GMO risk

BASF Ag Solutions to move Canadian head office west

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

Democratic contender Warren targets corporate agriculture

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

Bayer reaps profit lift from Monsanto

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