Arable
Implementing the cultural control of blackgrass
Tillage farmers in the UK have been left with cultural control as being the primary means of tackling blackgrass infestations...
Roundup
Agri-Business
US judge cuts damages on Monsanto in Roundup cancer case
A judge in the US state of California has decided to reduce by over a third the punitive damages levied...
Agri-Business
Second US jury rules Roundup caused man’s cancer
A second trial into Monsanto’s Roundup product in the US has found that the herbicide was the cause of a...
Agri-Business
Bayer comes out swinging at glyphosate court verdict
Pharmaceutical giant Bayer – the new owner of Monsanto and the glyphosate weedkiller – has come out swinging following the...
Arable
Roundup: Calls for a limit to UK glyphosate use
British organic charity, the Soil Association, has called for a limit to be imposed on the use of Roundup in...
Agri-Business
Farmers ‘happy’ with Roundup despite landmark US verdict
A landmark lawsuit in the US linking glyphosate – the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup – to cancer has led to...
Environment
New rules around the use of glyphosate to come into effect in two weeks
New rules which restrict the conditions around the use of glyphosate in the European Union are to come into effect in...
Arable
EU member states agree restrictions on the use of Glyphosate
EU Member States today supported a European Commission proposal to restrict the conditions of use of glyphosate in the EU....
EU
Glyphosate restrictions proposed by Europe include reduced pre-harvest use
The European Commission has proposed a number of restrictions to the use of glyphosate following its last-minute decision this week to...
Environment
Fears for the future of glyphosate as another EU vote fails
Another vote in Brussels on the future use of glyphosate in the EU has failed to reach a decision, with...
Environment
France to vote against glyphosate renewal this Friday
Ahead of this Friday’s vote on glyphosate, the French Minister for the Environment, Segolene Royal has said that France will...
EU
Europe fails to agree on glyphosate extension
European Member States have failed to agree on legislation that would allow an extension of the glyphosate license. Today’s Standing...
Environment
Everything you need to know about glyphosate
Glyphosate is an active substance used for the production of pesticides, which has been authorised in the EU since 2002...
Arable
Could Roundup really be off the shelves in November?
It’s moving into the end game for the renewal of one of the most commonly used chemicals on Irish farms Roundup....
Environment
Glyphosate re-authorisation pushed back by Member States
A vote was not held today in Brussels on the re-authorisation of glyphosate as the European Commission said that it...
EU
France to ban glyphosate - regardless of EU vote this week
Glyphosate will be banned in France – whether or not the EU decides this week to renew the authorisation of...
Environment
New report finds Glyphosate 'unlikely to pose carcinogenic risk to humans'
Glyphosate, the chemical used in Monsanto’s Roundup, is unlikely to pose carcinogenic risk to humans from exposure through the diet, a...
Agri-Business
Is Bayer preparing to buy Monsanto?
German multinational chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer may buy US-agribusiness giant Monsanto for more than $40 billion, according to the...
