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Monsanto may face criminal charges for illegal "black ops" spying operations in Europe that targeted journalists, lawmakers and regulators

Ex-Monsanto scientist indicted for trade secrets theft

A federal grand jury in St. Louis has indicted former Monsanto researcher Haitao Xiang, 42, for stealing predictive algorithms with the intention of handing them over to a Chinese government research institute. The platform, known as the Nutrient Optimizer, a…

Monsanto seems to be in court an awful lot lately. The company is trying to figure out how to deal with thousands of lawsuits alleging that Roundup, its brand name for glyphosate, causes cancer, as well as outrage over the dreaded dicamba drift. In the midst…

(Bloomberg) -- Thailand backed down on a plan to prohibit three pesticides from Dec. 1 after coming under pressure from farmers, the U.S. government and lobbyists for chemicals companies. The ban on paraquat and chlorpyrifos will be delayed until June 1 next…

Increase in population and subsequent surge in demand for food, limited agricultural land, soil degradation, and rise in awareness regarding benefits of agrochemicals drive the growth for the global agrochemicals market. PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 26, 2019 /PRNe…

By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) While trade talks with China remain off again, on again, the battle over intellectual property theft of agricultural technology continues with the indictment of a former scientist at Monsanto and The Climate C…

$500 million Roundup suit in Canada is Bayer's latest headache

$500 million Roundup suit in Canada is Bayer's latest headache

One heavy-hitter was Carl Casale, from the Minneapolis area. Casale left his chief executive post at CHS Inc. in 2017 after seven years. Prior to that he was executive vice president and chief financial officer for Monsanto. At Cultivate, Casale was speaking…