Weeds
Bayer filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court verdict that upheld damages to a customer blaming his cancer on the Bayer’s glyphosate-based weedkillers.
Ongoing litigation contributed to the company’s decision. However, farmers and retailers will continue to have access to glyphosate for weed control, company officials say.
Syngenta says the long residual control offered by Acuron GT will allow farmers and retailers to apply it in a post application before weeds can emerge and compete with the crop.
Corteva Agriscience has a robust number of products it expects to introduce to U.S. farmers between now and 2023 for use in more than 10 crops.
The molecule will give farmers a new tool in the ongoing battle to control these two broadleaf weeds, especially those populations with resistance to current, commonly used chemistries.
A report issued on Monday describes at least three ways EPA stumbled in its policies and practices.
Could Palmer amaranth, the king of resistant weeds and crippler of herbicides, be dethroned by its own sex drive? A herbicide-free technology is under testing and aims to attack pigweed with its own pollen.
A federal appeals court upheld a $25 million judgment and trial verdict finding Roundup caused a California resident’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma, dealing a blow to Bayer’s hopes of limiting legal risk over the weed killer.
Many commonly used herbicides are hard to find, and prices are trending higher. Fungicide availability may also be limited in some cases.
This is the first season for full-scale commercial use by U.S. and Canadian farmers of the technology.