Monsanto

Joe Biden has the opportunity to be America’s first trust-busting president in at least 50 years. He could go down in history as the smiling man on the back of an Amtrak train, declaring war, as Franklin Delano Roosevelt did nearly a century ago, on the “privileged princes of these…

Parts of Canada are deep into the red zone, while other parts of the country peer over the edge, wondering if their communities will be next. In the midst of all of this, it might be helpful to recall the impact of our actions back in the spring. When Canada…

On October 13, three days after the Canadian launch of the movie Percy, starring Christopher Walken, the real-world protagonist of that story, Percy Schmeiser, died of Parkinson's disease aged 89. Three days later, on October 16, we celebrated the United Nations' World Food Day. A fitting exit for a major story!…

The West African nation of Burkina Faso was once the poster child for genetically modified (GM) crop advocates. Its 2008 adoption of GM cotton for smallholder farmers was hailed as an example of how these technologies could alleviate poverty and food insecurity by protecting crops from pests and increasing yields.But…

In late June, overlooked amid pandemic, economic crisis, and protest headlines, a bipartisan cohort of United States senators introduced a bill to establish a U.S. Department of Agriculture, or USDA, certification program, helping farmers and forest landowners participate in carbon credit markets. The bill’s sponsoring politicians ranged from Rhode Island…

Leverkusen, August 4, 2020 – The Bayer Group’s businesses turned in a solid performance in the second quarter of 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated uncertainties. “Thanks to the growth in our agricultural business, we raised EBITDA before special items – and we did so in a challenging…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Major California cities say they’ll use their share of a $650 million settlement to clean up the now-banned chemical PCB from bays, lakes and other waterways polluted for decades.The giant chemical company Monsanto announced a tentative agreement Wednesday with government entities that had filed suit since…

Bayer volunteered for quite a headache with its 2018 pickup of Monsanto and weedkiller Roundup, what with lawsuits piling up and investors chomping at the bit. Now, it's looking to relieve the pain of that multibillion-dollar legal overhang with an enormous deal to escape the Roundup litigation.  Bayer will dole out between $10.1 billion…

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the national law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. announced a proposed nationwide class action settlement with Monsanto Company, Pharmacia, LLC, and Solutia, Inc. for $648 million, resolving national PCB water contamination claims for a proposed class of 2,528 governmental entities, and includes attorneys’ fees and costs.…

BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayer AG is close to agreeing a settlement worth $8-10 billion over claims its glyphosate-based Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, German business daily Handelsblatt reported on Tuesday.The company's supervisory board was due to discuss and vote on the settlement, which includes a $2 billion buffer for future claims,…