Articles tagged under: Bayer
Bayer Opens Innovative Greenhouse in Arizona
Published March 4, 2020
Bayer has opened a new state-of-the-art automated greenhouse facility in Marana, Arizona. Corn will be the only crop grown at the site and Bayer’s proprietary seed chipping, advanced marker technology will be used. By locating in the desert rather than…Bayer Chairman to Retire This Spring
Published March 2, 2020
Bayer Chairman Werner Wenning will step down in late April. Wenning originally wanted to resign last year after reaching the board’s recommended age limit of 72, but was asked to stay on. Norbert Winkeljohann, who is a member of Bayer’s…More Dicamba Lawsuits Expected
Published February 27, 2020
More than 2,000 U.S. farmers are likely to file lawsuits against Monsanto/Bayer and BASF following dicamba damage to crops. That’s according to law firm Peiffer Wolf. This announcement following the recent $265 million verdict in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In a…BASF to Argue Punitive Damages in Dicamba Lawsuit
Published February 24, 2020
A federal judge in Missouri will allow BASF to argue that it should not be liable for any of the $250 million in punitive damages awarded in the recent dicamba lawsuit. A week ago, a federal jury ruled in favor…Bayer Plans to Appeal Dicamba Jury Decision
Published February 17, 2020
A Missouri peach farmer claims his orchard suffered damage due to off-target movement of the dicamba herbicide. The jury awarded $15 million in actual damages and $250 million in punitive damages. Bayer and BASF were both found to be liable…Bayer Announces Pipeline Projects
Published February 13, 2020
Bayer has announced the first new post-emergence mode of action for broad acre weed control in 30 years. This new herbicide molecule is still in the early development phase with efforts also underway to develop a corresponding biotechnology trait for…From Capitol Hill to Bayer
Published January 30, 2020
Kellie Adesina is the new director of federal government affairs for Bayer Crop Science. Adesina previously served as the chief counsel for the House Agriculture Committee.U.S. Government Questions Lower Court Verdict on Roundup
Published December 23, 2019
The U.S. government says a federal appeals court should reverse a lower court verdict finding Bayer liable in the case of a California man who blamed Bayer’s Roundup herbicide for his cancer. In a court brief, the Environmental Protection Agency…Bayer Appeals $25 Million Roundup Judgement
Published December 17, 2019
Bayer is asking a federal appeals court to reverse a $25 million judgement in a case in California where a man blamed glyphosate for his cancer. In Monday’s filing, Bayer said the court made serious errors in this case and…