Agri-Business
A court in the US has ordered Bayer to pay over $2 billion after a jury in a civil trial decided that Roundup caused a man's cancer.
Tillage
Tillage farmers in the UK have been left with cultural control as being the primary means of tackling blackgrass infestations in crops
Bayer is set to agree to a settlement in the long-running legal battle concerning its glyphosate-based weed killer brand Roundup.
A judge in the US state of California has decided to reduce the punitive damages levied against Monsanto in the Roundup cancer case.
Rural Life
A California jury has awarded more than US$2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer AG’s Roundup weed killer caused their cancer.
We need to differentiate between "responsible and irresponsible" use of the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup, according to Andrew Doyle.
A second trial into Monsanto's Roundup product in the US has found that the herbicide was the cause of a man's cancer in California.
French authorities have banned the sale, distribution and use of a Roundup product following a court decision last week.
Kerry County Council is apparently investigating Roundup, and will examine possible alternatives for the pesticide, according to reports.
Pharmaceutical giant Bayer has come out swinging following the recent decision by a court declaring glyphosate to be a carcenogen.
A landmark lawsuit in the US linking glyphosate to cancer has led to calls for further scientific studies into the safety of the weedkiller.
Farmers throughout Europe will have to wait a little longer for a decision on the reauthorisation of glyphosate.
Environment
New rules which restrict the conditions around the use of glyphosate in the European Union are to come into effect in two weeks time, after the rules were published in the EU Official Journal.
EU Member States today supported a European Commission proposal to restrict the conditions of use of glyphosate in the EU.
Agri Politics
The European Commission has proposed a number of restrictions to the use of glyphosate following its last-minute decision this week to extend its authorisation.
Another vote in Brussels on the future use of glyphosate in the EU has failed to reach a decision with the products current licence set to run out in days.
Ahead of this Friday's vote on glyphosate, the French Minister for the Environment, has said that France will be voting against the continued use of the herbicide.
European Member States have failed to agree on legislation that would allow an extension of the glyphosate license.
EU Member States are currently in talks about re-authorising glyphosate, the most widely-used herbicide in the world, in the EU.
It's moving into the end game for the renewal of one of the most commonly used chemicals on Irish farms Roundup.
A vote was not held today in Brussels on the re-authorisation of glyphosate as the European Commission has Glypohsaid that it would not proceed to voting without a solid qualified majority of Member States.
Glyphosate will be banned in France - whether or not the EU decides this week to renew the authorisation of the chemical, the French Minister for Health, Marisol Touraine has said.
Glyphosate, the chemical used in Monsanto's Roundup, is unlikely to pose carcinogenic risk to humans from exposure through the diet, a UN committee has found.
