Insights and Stories on Bayer

U.S. Supreme Court again nixes Bayer challenge to weedkiller suits

Jun. 27, 2022 at 4:54 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected another Bayer AG BAYGn.DE bid to dismiss litigation alleging that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer as the German pharmaceutical and chemical giant tries to avoid potentially billions of dollars in damages. The justices turned away a Bayer appeal and […]

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Bayer bid to toss Roundup suits

Jun. 21, 2022 at 3:41 pm CDT

By lawrence-hurley

Bayer rolling out short corn variety tolerant of weather extremes

Feb. 17, 2022 at 6:31 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Link broken in glyphosate supply chain, Bayer says

Feb. 14, 2022 at 5:44 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

U.S. EPA reviewing dicamba over crop damage claims

Dec. 21, 2021 at 3:47 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Supreme Court asks U.S. government for views on Roundup case

Dec. 13, 2021 at 5:43 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked President Joe Biden’s administration for its views on whether the justices should hear Bayer’s bid to dismiss claims by customers who contend its Roundup herbicide causes cancer, as the company seeks to avoid potentially billions of dollars in damages. […]

By lawrence-hurley Ludwig Burger

Bayer wins second straight verdict in a Roundup cancer case

Dec. 9, 2021 at 5:07 pm CST

Reuters — A California jury found that Bayer’s Roundup herbicide was not the cause of a woman’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Bayer said on Thursday, delivering the chemical giant its second trial victory over claims the popular herbicide causes cancer. The jury in San Bernardino County found that Donnetta Stephens’ cancer was […]

By Tom Hals

U.S. farm co-op CHS to pay members to enrol in Bayer carbon farming program

Nov. 3, 2021 at 9:42 am CDT

Reuters – Agricultural seeds and chemicals supplier Bayer AG is expanding its carbon farming program to members of U.S. farm cooperative CHS Inc, boosting incentives for members to participate in the program, the companies said on Wednesday. The agreement will make it easier for CHS’s 75,000 farmer-members to enrol in […]

By Karl Plume

Bayer sees farmers pre-buying inputs as supply-chain snarls continue

Oct. 19, 2021 at 12:58 pm CDT

Chicago/Berlin | Reuters — U.S. farmers are pre-buying seeds and chemicals they need earlier than normal, in a bid to secure supplies for next spring amid sector-wide supply-chain problems, a top executive at German agricultural and pharmaceuticals firm Bayer said Tuesday. Bayer also estimates its average seed prices will go […]

By P.J. Huffstutter Zuzanna Szymanska

Bayer wins its first Roundup jury verdict in case of child’s cancer

Oct. 5, 2021 at 6:17 pm CDT

Reuters — Bayer won its first trial over claims its Roundup herbicide 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 […]