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Reuters reports that Bayer has issued an apology and will open an external legal investigation into attempts by Monsanto to influence journalists and politicians. Bayer had to take action after French prosecutors opened an investigation following media complaints that Monsanto, which was purchased by Bayer last year, had compiled a file of 200 names of […]
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On Thursday, June 7, 2018, Bayer’s $66 billion purchase of Monsanto will close, and the world’s most powerful pesticide, seed, and ag biotechnology company will be born. Within months, according to Bayer’s CEO, the Monsanto name will be dropped, and for good reasons. This is very big news in the world of big ag. News […]
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In the latest in the ongoing saga of the new dicamba-tolerant crops and their herbicides that won’t stay where they are sprayed, a document review investigation by the St-Louis Post Dispatch reveals that Monsanto’s own science played a key role in how the use restrictions were set. EPA had originally proposed a larger, more comprehensive, […]
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A new opinion piece recounts how a Syngenta-linked PR firm has apparently started a non-profit front-group to challenge Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto. Opposition to the union of these two industry leaders rests in the fear of anti-competitive activity, leading to adverse impacts on farmers in the wake of higher seed prices and limited choices in the genetic […]
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The proposed acquisition of biotech giant Monsanto by Bayer would combine two of the world’s largest producers of pesticides, biotech traits, and both conventional and GE seed. If the deal goes through, German-based Bayer would emerge as the dominant industry leader. The company would exert more influence over the future of food than any national government, or all […]
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While Bayer’s $57 billion deal to acquire Monsanto has received regulatory approvals in most of the world, it has not in the European Union. EU competition law is, in general, stricter than U.S. law. There are also huge differences, especially now, in willingness to enforce existing competition laws in Europe versus the U.S. An active […]
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Timothy Wise has written a chilling account of the genesis of Malawi’s new seed policy in an Op-Ed entitled “Did Monsanto Write Malawi’s Seed Policy?”. The piece appears on the Foodtank website . In short, the answer is basically yes. Dr. Wise directs the Land and Food Rights Program at the Small Planet Institute, and is […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Source: David Safford, BNA Daily Report for Executives, No. 230, November 29, 2000 A top executive with biotechnology giant Monsanto Co. on Nov. 27 conceded that the company’s “arrogant” and “insensitive” approach in developing genetically modified foods has hurt its image, and vowed to change its business practices. […]
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On October 30, 2020 Dr. Benbrook testified via video to the Philadelphia City Council in support of a proposed municipal ban on herbicide application in city parks and other public lands. His written statement accompanying this testimony is shared in its entirety below. It reviews the key public health implications of rising herbicide use for […]
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By: Dr. Chuck Benbrook Many people ask me — Why the big punitive damage awards in the Roundup-Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL) litigation? Easy answer — Monsanto’s (now Bayer’s) lousy product “stewardship” behavior. Company representatives and others up and down the herbicide supply chain have been reassuring Roundup users for almost a half-century that Roundup is as […]
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