Weed Killer Chemical Glyphosate Is Not a Cancer Agent, Says EPA, Contradicting Juries May 1, 2019 By Tom Polansek The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday that glyphosate, a chemical in many popular weed killers, is not a...
Government Relief Bypasses Farmers Who Lost Stored Crops in Floods April 2, 2019 By Tom Polansek The Black Hawk military helicopter flew over Iowa, giving a senior U.S. agriculture official and U.S. senator an eyeful of...
U.S. Hog Farmers on Alert Over African Swine Fever Disease October 23, 2018 By Tom Polansek U.S. hog farmers are ramping up safety procedures and leaving animal-feed ingredients imported from China in storage in an attempt...
Arkansas Judge: 6 Farmers Can Spray Controversial Chemical Dicamba April 3, 2018 By Tom Polansek An Arkansas judge has ruled that six farmers in the state this summer can spray a weed killer made by...
Monsanto Loses Bid to Stop Arkansas Ban on Herbicide Dicamba February 20, 2018 By Tom Polansek An Arkansas judge has dismissed a Monsanto Co. lawsuit aiming to stop Arkansas from blocking the use of a controversial...
Arkansas Board Stands by Plan to Limit Controversial Dicamba Herbicide January 4, 2018 By Tom Polansek Arkansas agricultural regulators stuck with a proposal on Wednesday to prohibit sprayings of a controversial weed killer after mid-April, despite...
EPA Clears Monsanto Roundup Chemical of Health Risks to Humans December 27, 2017 By Tom Polansek The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said that glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto Co.’s top-selling weed killer Roundup, is...
Arkansas Task Force: State Should Bar Dicamba Herbicide Next Year August 27, 2017 By Tom Polansek An Arkansas task force has advised the state to bar sprayings after April 15 next year of agricultural herbicides containing...
Farmers Balk as Trump Budget Caps Crop Insurance Subsidies May 25, 2017 By Tom Polansek and Mark Weinraub U.S. farm groups on Tuesday pushed back against President Donald Trump’s proposal to slash agriculture spending, viewing it as a...
Chipotle Quietly Settles Sick Customers’ Claims Out of Court September 9, 2016 By Tom Polansek Chipotle Mexican Grill has agreed to financial settlements with more than 100 customers who fell ill after eating at its...