Insights and Stories on Bayer

Mexican judge rejects industry bid to halt GMO corn, glyphosate ban

May. 24, 2021 at 8:05 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — A Mexican federal judge ruled against a request by the National Farm Council to freeze a government plan to ban genetically modified (GMO) corn and the widely used herbicide glyphosate by 2024, the national science council said on Monday. Judge Martin Adolfo Santos Perez’s ruling […]

Federal reprieve for imidacloprid cuts its application rates

May. 19, 2021 at 5:07 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. judge raises doubts ahead of hearing on Roundup settlement

May. 18, 2021 at 7:25 pm CDT

By Tom Hals

Bayer, Corteva in ‘two-dog battle’ over U.S. soy market

Apr. 9, 2021 at 8:26 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Triple-herbicide-tolerant soybean set for limited 2021 release

Jan. 29, 2021 at 8:55 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

China to approve further domestic GMO corn, soy crop varieties

Jan. 11, 2021 at 8:35 pm CST

Beijing | Reuters — China said on Monday it was set to approve the safety of another genetically modified (GMO) corn variety and a GMO soybean, both produced by Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group Co. Ltd. The move comes after China last year approved three domestically designed GMO crops as safe, […]

By Dominique Patton Hallie Gu

Mexico farm lobby blasts ban on GMO corn

Jan. 4, 2021 at 5:18 am CST

Monterrey, Mexico | Reuters — Mexico’s main agricultural lobby on Saturday criticized the government’s decision to ban genetically modified corn, while organic growers hailed the move that should protect smaller farmers. Mexico will “revoke and refrain from granting permits for the release of genetically modified corn seeds into the environment,” […]

By Laura Gottesdiener

Bayer takes major writedown, flags Roundup settlement bill

Nov. 3, 2020 at 12:29 pm CST

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer is facing a double hit from a higher legal bill for claims relating to weedkiller Roundup as well as 9.25 billion euros (C$14.2 billion) in impairments on agriculture businesses, much of it related to its Monsanto deal. The company said the write-downs, driven by weaker […]

By Ludwig Burger Patricia Weiss

U.S. EPA approves XtendiMax use for five years

Oct. 27, 2020 at 8:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will allow farmers for the next five years to spray crops with a Bayer herbicide whose sales were blocked by a U.S. appeals court in June, EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler said Tuesday. XtendiMax, a dicamba-based herbicide that is sprayed on soybeans […]

By Reuters

Monsanto loses final appeal over French farmer’s herbicide accident

Oct. 21, 2020 at 3:41 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — Bayer’s Monsanto division on Wednesday lost a final appeal in a long-running French legal battle in which the crop chemical maker has been held liable for a farmer’s accidental inhalation of a herbicide. Monsanto had been trying to overturn a decision by an appeals court in […]