Published by NPR By Dan Charles November 1, 20182:08 PM ET For months, farmers from Mississippi to Minnesota have been waiting for the Environmental Protection Agency to make up its mind about a controversial weedkiller called dicamba. Some farmers love…
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Bloomberg Environment Posted Nov. 1, 2018, 3:02 PM The EPA’s decision to allow a weedkiller on the market for two more years could strengthen the legal case of farmers suing Bayer AG who say the weedkiller damages…
Published by Delta Farm Press By Ron Smith Oct 31, 2018 Reed Storey understands the need for effective herbicide options to control hard-to-manage weeds, including the poster child, pigweed. “We need tools to fight resistant weeds,” Storey said…
Published by Reuters By Tina Bellon OCTOBER 24, 2018 / 7:06 PM The federal judge overseeing lawsuits alleging dicamba-based weedkillers have caused crop damage has denied requests by defendants Bayer AG unit Monsanto and DuPont that he dismiss…
Published by Law 360 By Christopher Cole October 23, 2018, 6:19 PM EDT Monsanto must face several proposed class actions by farmers who accuse the agriculture giant of producing an herbicide that drifted across farmlands, damaging crops…
Published by AG Pro By Sonja Begemann October 15, 2018 10:40 AM Oak trees with cupped leaves, a sign of damage from drifting pesticides like dicamba. ( Darrell Hoemann/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting ) The first trial alleging…
Published by Law 360 By Michael Phillis October 16, 2018, 9:05 PM EDT Law360 (October 16, 2018, 9:05 PM EDT) — Farmers’ allegations that Monsanto Corp. engaged in anti-competitive practices by pushing soybeans with a tolerance to a…
Published by Marie Claire By Kayla Webley Published October 1, 2018 — In March, a fertility clinic in Cleveland ruined more than 4,000 frozen eggs and embryos. This is the story of the women whose hopes of motherhood were…
Published by NPR Heard on All Things Considered By Daniel Charles September 27, 20184:09 PM ET A Drifting Weedkiller Puts Prized Trees At Risk Mike Hayes and I are sitting on the patio of Blue Bank Resort, the…
Published by The Verge By Kaitlyn Tiffany Sep 11, 2018, 9:00am EDT — There’s something eerily familiar about the Kindbody aesthetic How do you build a cult following for an egg-freezing clinic? Gina Bartasi, CEO of Kindbody, a fertility…