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New canola varieties for 2019

Eight new herbicide-tolerant canola varieties on the market for next year

By Leeann Minogue November 6, 2018

Every year Grainews contacts seed companies so we can make a list of the new varieties coming out for the next season. This year, the biggest challenge was keeping track of who’s who. With all the mergers and purchases that have taken place in the input supply industry, it took a spreadsheet to track which […] Read more

Reuters

Bayer CEO says would consider glyphosate settlement depending on costs

By GFM Network News November 2, 2018

St. Louis | Reuters – Bayer AG’s chief executive said this week the company might consider settling lawsuits over Monsanto’s glyphosate-containing weed-killers depending on how high court costs rise, but stressed it remained focused on defending the combined company against claims they cause cancer. Bayer acquired Monsanto this year for $63 billion. “If we can settle […] Read more

Reuters

U.S. judge affirms Monsanto weed-killer verdict, slashes damages

By GFM Network News October 23, 2018

Reuters – A U.S. judge on Monday affirmed a verdict against Bayer AG unit Monsanto that found its glyphosate-based weed-killers responsible for a man’s terminal cancer, sending the German company’s shares down 8 percent. In a ruling by San Francisco’s Superior Court of California, Judge Suzanne Bolanos said she would slash the punitive damages award […] Read more

Plaintiff Dewayne Johnson listens as attorney Brent Wisner, not shown, speaks about his condition at trial in San Francisco on July 9, 2018. (File photo: Josh Edelson/Pool via Reuters)

Crops, Reuters

Bayer likely to get new trial in glyphosate case

By GFM Network News October 10, 2018

San Francisco | Reuters — Bayer’s Monsanto unit was likely to get a new trial on the US$250 million in punitive damages awarded by a jury to a groundskeeper who alleged the company’s glyphosate-based herbicides, including Roundup, caused his cancer. According to a Wednesday court filing in San Francisco’s Superior Court of California, Judge Suzanne […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Ag trade flows may change amid trade dispute, Bayer says

By GFM Network News September 18, 2018

Monheim | Reuters — Bayer said on Tuesday it would be difficult to predict 2019 earnings at its agriculture business, which now includes Monsanto, because a U.S.-Chinese trade dispute could reroute global trade flows in farming commodities. The head of Bayer’s crop science division told Reuters his company could even benefit if U.S. farmers switched […] Read more

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

Crops, Reuters

With drugs pipeline in focus, Bayer seen considering cuts

By GFM Network News September 4, 2018

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer is considering job cuts and outsourcing as part of a wide-ranging review of drug research and development that will last until at least November, a person familiar with the company told Reuters. The prospect of “very tangible changes” contributed to a decision by key board members to extend the contract […] Read more

A soybean plantation in Brazil. (MailsonPignata/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Reuters

Brazilian court overturns ban on glyphosate

By GFM Network News September 4, 2018

Brasilia | Reuters — A Brazilian court on Monday overturned an injunction banning products containing the herbicide glyphosate, knocking down a previous ruling that had been set to disrupt the soy planting season set to begin this month. A Brazilian judge ruled last month to halt the registration of new glyphosate-based products in the country […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Roundup cancer verdict sends Bayer shares sliding

By GFM Network News August 13, 2018

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer shares plunged as much as 14 per cent on Monday, losing about US$14 billion in value, after newly acquired Monsanto was ordered to pay US$289 million in damages in the first of possibly thousands of U.S. lawsuits over alleged links between a weedkiller and cancer. After the verdict […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Glyphosate maker Monsanto ruled liable in U.S. cancer trial

By GFM Network News August 12, 2018

Reuters — A California jury on Friday found Monsanto liable in a lawsuit filed by a man who alleged the company’s glyphosate-based herbicides, including Roundup, caused his cancer and ordered the company to pay US$289 million in damages. The case of school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson was the first lawsuit to go to trial alleging glyphosate […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Brazil judge suspends use of glyphosate herbicide

By GFM Network News August 7, 2018

Sao Paulo | Reuters – A Brazilian judge has suspended the use of products containing the agrochemical glyphosate, a herbicide widely employed for soybeans and other crops in the country. A federal judge in Brasilia ruled on Friday that new products containing the chemical could not be registered in the country and existing registrations would […] Read more

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Tag Archives Monsanto

New canola varieties for 2019

Bayer CEO says would consider glyphosate settlement depending on costs

U.S. judge affirms Monsanto weed-killer verdict, slashes damages

Bayer likely to get new trial in glyphosate case

Ag trade flows may change amid trade dispute, Bayer says

With drugs pipeline in focus, Bayer seen considering cuts

Brazilian court overturns ban on glyphosate

Roundup cancer verdict sends Bayer shares sliding

Glyphosate maker Monsanto ruled liable in U.S. cancer trial

Brazil judge suspends use of glyphosate herbicide

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