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Pre-harvest prep needs herbicide management
Verify product acceptance with buyers because even registered products may not be acceptable in certain markets
Glacier FarmMedia – With harvest on the horizon or already underway, pre-harvest management strategies are useful to maximize yield. To achieve crop dry-down, weed control and facilitate timely harvesting, product choice is important. Many generic products are available, but Manitoba Agriculture weed specialist Kim Brown recommends using brand-name products such as Roundup, Heat or Reglone, […] Read more
Aussie Bayer suit dismissed
CANBERRA, Aus. (Reuters) — An Australian judge recently dismissed a class action lawsuit claiming Bayer’s Roundup herbicide can cause a type of blood cancer. The company said it would seek to leverage the ruling in similar cases being fought in the United States. More than 1,000 people had joined the lawsuit, claiming Roundup’s active ingredient, […] Read more
Cover crops pose challenge for Prairie farmers
Practice called difficult, although not impossible, within existing production systems such as herbicide-tolerant canola
Glacier FarmMedia – Cover crops can provide benefits, but incorporating them into other cropping systems, especially when growing herbicide-tolerant crops including canola, can be a challenge. That’s the topic of the latest research by Yvonne Lawley, an associate professor in the University of Manitoba plant science department. She was the key speaker at a July […] Read more
U.S. court blocks glyphosate labels
REUTERS — A divided federal appeals court said California cannot require businesses to warn consumers about the potential dangers of glyphosate, an ingredient in Roundup that has been linked to cancer. Upholding a permanent injunction, the ninth United States Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco found it unconstitutional to force Bayer’s Monsanto unit, which […] Read more
Bayer will consider breakup
Speaking to reporters at Bayer’s headquarters in Leverkusen, incoming CEO Bill Anderson offered clues as to his vision for the company, stressing a focus on results and advancing science, while keeping open the question of a breakup.
Bayer wins first Roundup verdict
REUTERS — Bayer AG has won its first trial over claims its Roundup weed killer causes cancer after a California jury found that the herbicide was not a substantial cause of a child’s rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the company said Oct. 5. Destiny Clark alleged that her son Ezra developed Burkitt’s lymphoma after he […] Read more
Bayer wins its first Roundup jury verdict in case of child’s cancer
Oct 5 (Reuters) – Bayer AG won its first trial over claims its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer after a California jury found that the herbicide was not a substantial cause of a child’s rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the company said on Tuesday. Destiny Clark alleged that her son Ezra developed Burkitt’s lymphoma after he […] Read more
Bayer takes Roundup battle to Supreme Court
Company hopes top U.S. bench will reverse lower court rulings that ordered millions of dollars in glyphosate damages
FRANKFURT (Reuters) — Bayer, trying to contain billions of dollars in legal costs, has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court verdict that upheld damages to a customer who blamed his cancer on the company’s glyphosate-based herbicide. Bayer recently lost a third appeal against verdicts that sided with users […] Read more
Bayer appeals Roundup ruling
(Reuters) — Bayer has asked California’s Supreme Court to review a decision awarding US$20.5 million to a groundskeeper who claimed the company’s Roundup herbicide caused his cancer, arguing the ruling was at odds with federal law and settled legal principles. Bayer, which acquired Roundup with its purchase of Monsanto for $63 billion in 2018, said […] Read more
