Bayer has replaced glyphosate with new active ingredients in its products for household use in the United States to reduce the risk of litigation.  |  File photo

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

Yvonne Lawley of the University of Manitoba has been studying the use of cover crops on the Prairies.  |  University of Manitoba photo

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

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 makes Roundup, and other agricultural businesses to provide California’s proposed carcinogen warnings under a state law known as Proposition 65. | File photo

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


Incoming Bayer CEO Bill Anderson standing in front of a Bayer office building.

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.


Roundup-related lawsuits have dogged Bayer since it acquired the brand as part of its purchase of Monsanto in 2018. | File photo

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


The verdict is the fourth involving Roundup and the first in the company's favour. | File photo

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

Roundup-related lawsuits have dogged Bayer since it bought Monsanto in 2018. | Reuters/Mike Blake photo

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 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.
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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


The German company said that lawyers representing those preparing a class action had withdrawn a request for court approval of the $1.25 billion future claims scheme, part of a broader $10.9 billion agreement to settle close to 100,000 U.S. lawsuits related to Roundup. | Bayer photo

Future claims portion of Bayer Roundup settlement on hold

FRANKFURT/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bayer was forced on Wednesday to delay part of a proposed settlement of allegations that its widely used weedkiller Roundup caused cancer after a U.S. judge questioned its plan to deal with future claims. The German company said that lawyers representing those preparing a class action had withdrawn a request for […] Read more

The agreements, between Bayer and numerous law firms in America, don't apply to potential class action lawsuits in Canada, said Tony Merchant, founder of Merchant Law Group. | File photo

Bayer glyphosate deal doesn’t apply to Canada

Bayer is committing more than US $10 billion to resolve U.S. lawsuits connected to Roundup, the company announced today. But the agreements, between Bayer and numerous law firms in America, don’t apply to potential class action lawsuits in Canada, said Tony Merchant, founder of Merchant Law Group. “We don’t really know, right now, where this […] Read more