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Corteva to exit some markets, cut jobs in cost-saving push

Canada remains among company's 'core' markets

By GFM Network News September 16, 2022

Reuters — Seeds and pesticides company Corteva on Tuesday announced plans to exit about 35 countries and lay off roughly five per cent of its global workforce as part of the company’s cost-cutting plans. A surge in inflation this year to four-decade highs has forced Corporate America to slash planned spending and roll out measures […] Read more

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U.S. Supreme Court again nixes Bayer challenge to weedkiller suits

By GFM Network News June 27, 2022

Washington | Reuters – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected another Bayer AG BAYGn.DE bid to dismiss litigation alleging that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer as the German pharmaceutical and chemical giant tries to avoid potentially billions of dollars in damages. The justices turned away a Bayer appeal and left in place a lower […] Read more

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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 […] Read more

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

By Reuters, GFM Network News 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 […] Read more

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Corteva lifts sales forecast on strong demand for crop protection products, seeds

By GFM Network News August 6, 2021

Reuters – Corteva Inc on Thursday raised its net sales forecast for the year after strong demand for crop protection products such as herbicides and insecticides helped the agricultural company beat estimates for the second quarter. Corteva also announced a new $1.5 billion share repurchase program, in addition to a $1 billion buyback announced in 2019, […] Read more

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U.S. judge raises doubts ahead of hearing on Roundup settlement

'The last question is a killer'

By GFM Network News May 19, 2021

Reuters — A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday questioned a US$2 billion proposal by Bayer that would create a framework for resolving future claims that its Roundup herbicide causes cancer, casting doubt on the plan a day before a key hearing. Bayer and class action attorneys hope U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco […] Read more

Palmer amaranth. (United Soybean Board photo)

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Arkansas confirms first-ever glufosinate-resistant broadleaf

Researchers find Palmer amaranth strains in two counties

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News February 23, 2021

Researchers in the southern U.S. have found what they say is the first broadleaf weed in the world to beat the active ingredient in BASF’s Liberty herbicide. The University of Arkansas last week announced its ag researchers had found glufosinate-resistant Palmer amaranth in crops in two eastern Arkansas counties across the Mississippi River from Memphis. […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

German cabinet approves legislation to ban glyphosate from 2024

Law would still need parliamentary approval

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 12, 2021

Berlin | Reuters — Farmers in Germany will have to gradually reduce their use of glyphosate and stop using it completely from 2024 in order to preserve clean habitats for insects, under draft legislation passed by the country’s cabinet on Wednesday. “The exit from glyphosate is coming. Conservationists have been working toward this for a […] Read more

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Monsanto loses final appeal over French farmer’s herbicide accident

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 21, 2020

Paris | Reuters — Bayer’s Monsanto division on Wednesday lost a final appeal in a long-running French legal battle in which the crop chemical maker has been held liable for a farmer’s accidental inhalation of a herbicide. Monsanto had been trying to overturn a decision by an appeals court in 2019 that had found the […] Read more

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“Advanced” doesn’t always mean better for weed control

A lesson on reading labels and looking for treasure

By Lee Hart October 12, 2020

Boy I thought I had stumbled upon the greatest weed control product in the world. Well, at least for a few minutes it was good … it was great, actually. Like most farmers, it is important to me to find a herbicide that works. I’m looking for the three “E”s — easy to apply, effective […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit contract highs on tight supply

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on doubts over U.S.-China trade progress

Alberta harvest wrapping up: report

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Corteva to exit some markets, cut jobs in cost-saving push

U.S. Supreme Court again nixes Bayer challenge to weedkiller suits

Link broken in glyphosate supply chain, Bayer says

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

Corteva lifts sales forecast on strong demand for crop protection products, seeds

U.S. judge raises doubts ahead of hearing on Roundup settlement

Arkansas confirms first-ever glufosinate-resistant broadleaf

German cabinet approves legislation to ban glyphosate from 2024

Monsanto loses final appeal over French farmer’s herbicide accident

“Advanced” doesn’t always mean better for weed control

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