EPA to Revisit Bayer Dicamba Herbicide Risks After 3,500 Reports of Crop Damage December 22, 2021 By Tom Polansek The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is assessing whether the herbicide dicamba can be sprayed on soybean and cotton plants genetically...
Inspector General Finds Trump EPA Officials Improperly Influenced Dicamba Approval May 28, 2021 By Jim Salter Environmental Protection Agency officials improperly influenced a decision to re-approve use of dicamba, a herbicide blamed for crop damage in...
EU Top Court Upholds Partial Ban on Bayer Pesticides May 6, 2021 By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS – The European Union’s top court on Thursday upheld the EU’s partial ban on three insecticides linked to harming...
EPA Denies Ban; Permits Farmers’ Use of Dicamba-Based Weed Killers for Five Years October 28, 2020 By Tom Polansek The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday it will allow farmers to spray crops with weed killers based on...
Claiming Plaintiff Farmer Not Ruined, Bayer Says Herbicide Verdict Should Be Tossed July 30, 2020 By Tom Polansek Bayer AG contended in court papers that a jury verdict in favor of a Missouri peach farmer was based on...
Court Rebuffs EPA, Blocks U.S. Sale of Dicamba-Based Herbicide by Bayer, Rivals June 4, 2020 By Sabahatjahan Contractor, Ludwig Burger and Tom Polansek A U.S. appeals court has blocked Bayer AG from selling an agricultural weed killer in the United States, the latest...
Jury Awards $265M to Farmer Claiming Drifting Herbicides Damaged His Orchard February 17, 2020 By Patricia Weiss A Missouri jury’s $265 million award to peach grower Bill Bader in his lawsuit against herbicide providers Bayer and BASF...