Agribusiness
‘Buy it or else’: Inside Monsanto and BASF’s moves to force dicamba on farmers
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Internal company records show the companies knew crop damage from their weed killer would be extensive. They sold it anyway.
Dicamba on Trial
Federal judge upholds dicamba ruling but reduces damages owed to Missouri peach farmer
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A jury awarded Bader Farms $250 million in punitive damages after finding Monsanto and BASF knew dicamba would harm crops. A judge reduced the amount.
Agribusiness
Trump EPA removes tool states use to protect farmworkers, environment
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The Trump Administration took a step on Friday to severely weaken state regulation of pesticides, taking away a tool that state regulatory officials say helps protect farmworkers and the environment.
Dicamba on Trial
EPA documents show dicamba damage worse than previously thought
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The pesticide harmed tens of thousands of farmers, overwhelmed state agriculture departments and damaged research plots across the United States, according to documents the federal agency released Tuesday. Wide swaths of natural areas and rural communities were also poisoned.
Dicamba on Trial
EPA allows use of dicamba through 2025, with new restrictions
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Environmental groups pledge legal action to challenge decision.
Conservation
Conservation groups push EPA to deny dicamba registration over wildlife concerns
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A new report from conservation groups says that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should not re-approve the herbicide dicamba for use on genetically modified crops until the agency can prove it doesn’t harm wildlife.
Bayer
In Roundup settlement, Bayer reaches $400 million deal with farmers over dicamba
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Bayer has reached a $400 million settlement with farmers whose crops have been damaged by drift from the herbicide dicamba, the company announced Wednesday. The settlement was announced alongside the company’s $10 billion settlement over claims that the herbicide Roundup causes cancer.
Dicamba on Trial
Federal court denies motion to hold EPA in contempt of dicamba ruling
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A request to hold the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in contempt of a June 3 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals order to vacate registrations of the weed killer dicamba was denied Friday.
BASF
EPA defends decision to allow continued dicamba use
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defended its decision to allow farmers to continue to spray a recently banned herbicide through July 31 in a court filing on Tuesday evening. The agency argued that it has the power to regulate existing stocks of herbicides that have been canceled.
Bader Farms
‘We’ve got it everywhere’: Dicamba damaging trees across Midwest and South
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Forest health experts said trees are being damaged from Indiana to Kansas, from North Dakota to Arkansas. Cupped up leaves, the most easily recognized symptom, can be seen in towns miles away from agricultural fields, as well as in nature preserves and state parks set aside as refuges for wildlife, experts said.