Insights and Stories on Monsanto

Rush for ag chem megadeals clogs regulatory path, worries farmers

May. 20, 2016 at 8:20 pm CDT

Reuters — As Bayer joins the agricultural sector’s scramble to consolidate, its bid for Monsanto may be a tipping point for U.S. farmers, federal lawmakers and regulators concerned the tie-ups may harm the farm economy. If Monsanto accepts Bayer’s unsolicited offer, experts say, the deal would inevitably trigger a review […]

EU delays vote on glyphosate license amid cancer row

May. 19, 2016 at 8:13 pm CDT

By Alissa de Carbonnel

Bayer offers to buy Monsanto in global ag chem shakeout

May. 19, 2016 at 3:07 pm CDT

By greg-roumeliotis Mike Stone

U.N. experts find glyphosate unlikely to cause cancer

May. 16, 2016 at 7:10 pm CDT

By Kate Kelland

U.S. lawmakers put pressure on EPA over glyphosate review

May. 12, 2016 at 5:57 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grain firms rejecting GMO crops that lack global approval

May. 6, 2016 at 7:20 pm CDT

Reuters — Across the U.S. Farm Belt, top grain handlers have banned genetically modified crops that are not approved in all major overseas markets, shaking up a decades-old system that used the world’s biggest exporting country as a launchpad for new seeds from companies such as Monsanto. Bold yellow signs […]

By Karl Plume Tom Polansek

U.S. EPA pulls back report saying glyphosate not likely carcinogenic

May. 3, 2016 at 5:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday pulled a report offline that concluded glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans, saying the document was inadvertently published and the agency had not finished its review of the chemical, a key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicides. […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Scientists take sides: Who’s right about glyphosate?

Apr. 18, 2016 at 11:06 am CDT

London | Reuters — The latest dispute to blow up around the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concerns glyphosate, an ingredient in one of the world’s most widely-used herbicides, Roundup, made by Monsanto. In March 2015, an IARC monograph concluded that glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic.” Yet seven months […]

By Kate Kelland

European Parliament backs glyphosate, with conditions

Apr. 13, 2016 at 7:38 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — European politicians advised on Wednesday that the herbicide glyphosate should only be approved for another seven years, rather than the 15 proposed by the EU executive, and should not be used by the general public. Environmental campaigners have demanded a ban on glyphosate, which is used […]

By barbara-lewis

Germany backs EU plan to approve glyphosate

Apr. 12, 2016 at 8:00 pm CDT

Berlin | Reuters –– Germany plans to back an European Union proposal that would allow the continued use of glyphosate in herbicides, according to a letter from the agriculture ministry. Glyphosate is used in many herbicides including Monsanto’s Roundup, but has provoked a dispute between EU and U.N. agencies over […]

By Reuters

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