Opinion
Opinion: Bayer could have last laugh over glyphosate court cases
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more and more like Rocky Balboa every day. Rocky took a beating at the hands of Apollo Creed before scoring a miraculous last second KO to gain the heavyweight title.
Bayer
Opinion: More dirty secrets on glyphosate may become public
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Now Bayer investors are saying the German agri-giant played fast and loose with the facts, misleading them on 1) the safety of glyphosate and Roundup; 2) Bayer's efforts at due diligence; and 3) the legal risks in the acquisition of Monsanto.
Opinion
Opinion: EPA takes another bite on dicamba…will anything change?
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Dave Dickey gives his take on the EPA and dicamba and what could happen next.
Agribusiness
Corporate money keeps university ag schools ‘relevant,’ and makes them targets of donor criticism
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Large donors can put universities in potentially awkward positions when faculty conclusions conflict with the interests of those benefactors. Data collected by Harvest Public Media and Investigate Midwest shows corporations have given at least $170 million to ag colleges in the past decade.
Health
Maker of Seresto defends flea and tick collar amid calls for a ban over safety concerns
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The company behind the popular Seresto flea-and-tick collar has filed a lengthy defense of the safety of its product amid calls for federal regulars to ban over concerns of harm and death to the pets who wear it.
Government
Seresto flea collar adverse incidents climb after company submits 11,000 more reports to EPA
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The maker of a popular flea and tick collar did not report thousands of adverse incidents to federal authorities as required until after an investigation by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting (Investigate Midwest) and USA TODAY was published.
Agribusiness
EPA and Bayer had close contact in 2020 reinstatement of dicamba
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In summer 2020, a federal court ruled the EPA showed too much deference to Bayer when it approved the company’s dicamba herbicide. This invalidated the approval. But, weeks later, Bayer began working the EPA again, according to newly obtained emails.
Health
The EPA internally raised concerns about Seresto flea collar for years, new records reveal
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As early as 2015, the EPA identified that Seresto "ranked #1 by a wide margin" when it came to incident reports of pet death and harm.
Government
EPA opens public comment period on petition to ban Seresto collars
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The petition comes about four months after an Investigate Midwest and USA TODAY story found the popular flea and tick collar had been linked to about 1,700 pet deaths and more than 75,000 incidents of harm.
Agribusiness
‘I don’t know who will still be here in five years’: Texas vineyards sue over dicamba damage
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The lawsuit raises the question of what’s next for specialty crop farmers, many of whom have said dicamba damage limits their ability to grow their products and make a living.