Insights and Stories on Herbicide

Feb. 9, 2024 at 12:31 pm CST

An Arizona court decision that essentially prohibits American farmers from using dicamba for over-the-top spraying on soybeans and cotton will not stop Canadian growers from using the herbicide this year, says Bayer Crop Science Canada.

By Robert Arnason

Feb. 7, 2024 at 1:22 pm CST

A U.S. court has nullified the government's latest approvals of certain agricultural weedkillers sold by Bayer, BASF and Syngenta, fueling uncertainty among farmers who spray the products on soybeans and cotton genetically engineered to resist them.

By Reuters, Tom Polansek

Jan. 16, 2024 at 9:58 am CST

Crop-killing weeds such as kochia are advancing across the U.S. northern plains and Midwest, in the latest sign that weeds are developing resistance to chemicals faster than companies including Bayer BAYGn.DE and Corteva CTVA.N can develop new ones to fight them.

By Reuters, Rod Nickel, Tom Polansek

Nov. 8, 2023 at 6:16 pm CST

Reuters — A divided U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday said California cannot require businesses to warn consumers about the potential dangers of glyphosate, an ingredient in Roundup herbicide that has been linked to cancer. Upholding a permanent injunction, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco found […]

By jonathan-stempel

Jul. 25, 2023 at 8:44 am CDT

Reuters – Further deterioration in demand for glyphosate-based weed killers led Bayer BAYGn.DE to cut its full-year earnings outlook and announce a 2.5 billion euro ($2.8 billion USD) write-down on glyphosate-related assets. In an unscheduled statement late on Monday, the German drugs and pesticides maker said it was projecting 2023 […]

By Ludwig Burger, Thomas Escritt