Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

Lawsuit: In dicamba decision, EPA ignored own prerequisite, agency scientists’ recommendations

The EPA’s failure to meet its own benchmark was unlawful and a decision to approve Monsanto's dicamba-based herbicide should be vacated, a federal lawsuit filed by a coalition of farmers and conservationists alleges. Documents included as part of the lawsuit show that the EPA ignored its own scienti

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 14 Apr 2020

Lawsuit: In dicamba decision, EPA ignored own prerequisite, agency scientists’ recommendations

EPA sidesteps normal public process to approve BASF’s cancer-linked pesticide

This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that soybean farmers in 25 states are now able to spray a pesticide that the agency has determined is likely to cause cancer and drift hundreds of feet from where it is applied.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 3 Apr 2020

EPA sidesteps normal public process to approve BASF’s cancer-linked pesticide

Bayer seeks to strike $265 million award in first dicamba-related trial

Bayer has filed post-trial motions in the Missouri Bader Farms case, asking for the $265 million verdict to be overturned in the first dicamba-related case to go to trial. The weedkiller dicamba is at the heart of hundreds of lawsuits against the company from farmers who claim the pesticide drifted

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 1 Apr 2020

Bayer seeks to strike $265 million award in first dicamba-related trial

For Midwestern farmers, the workforce and supply chain are top issues in ‘flash recession’

In agriculture, when a lack of rain combines with very high temperatures and sunny days, the rapid dryness is called a “flash drought.” Well, this economic downturn related to fears about the coronavirus pandemic could be a flash recession, said Scott Irwin, an agricultural economics professor at th

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 20 Mar 2020

For Midwestern farmers, the workforce and supply chain are top issues in ‘flash recession’

Big ag companies say business continues amid coronavirus pandemic

Farmers across the U.S. are prepping for planting season, amid concerns about how the Covid-19 pandemic could disrupt the supply chain, lead to labor shortages and influence price

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 19 Mar 2020

Big ag companies say business continues amid coronavirus pandemic

In 2020, ag community has 'to prove to society' it can safely spray dicamba

This fall, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will decide whether the benefits of having the herbicide available to farmers for combatting weed resistance issues outweighs the harm to other farmers whose crops are damaged and to the environment.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 11 Mar 2020

In 2020, ag community has 'to prove to society' it can safely spray dicamba

For dicamba lawsuits, Bader verdict is just the beginning

The $265 million verdict issued last week against German agribusiness giants Bayer and BASF is just the beginning of a new legal battle between the companies and thousands of farmers.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 20 Feb 2020

For dicamba lawsuits, Bader verdict is just the beginning

Jury orders Monsanto, BASF to pay peach farmer $250 million in punitive damages

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - A federal jury determined that German agribusiness giants Bayer and BASF will have to pay $250 million in punitive damages to Bader Farms, the largest peach farm

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 17 Feb 2020

Jury orders Monsanto, BASF to pay peach farmer $250 million in punitive damages

Q&A with Bayer attorney Chris Hohn on Bader Farm lawsuit outcome

This week, a federal jury ordered Monsanto (Bayer) and BASF to pay $265 million to Bader Farms, Missouri's largest peach producer, for damages to its peach trees. The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting discussed the outcome with Chris Hohn, a partner at Thompson Coburn, which represented Bay

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 15 Feb 2020

Q&A with Bayer attorney Chris Hohn on Bader Farm lawsuit outcome

Jury orders Monsanto, BASF to pay peach farmer $250 million in punitive damages

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - A federal jury determined that German agribusiness giants Bayer and BASF will have to pay $250 million in punitive damages to Bader Farms, the largest peach farm

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 15 Feb 2020

Reporter's notebook: Five key takeaways from trial of peach farmer's lawsuit vs. Bayer, BASF

With closing arguments set for 9 a.m. Friday, here's the biggest news items coming out of the three-week trial of the lawsuit filed by Bader Farms against Bayer and BASF.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 14 Feb 2020

Reporter's notebook: Five key takeaways from trial of peach farmer's lawsuit vs. Bayer, BASF

Jury awards $265 million to Bader Farms in lawsuit against Bayer, BASF

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - A federal jury found in favor of Bader Farms on all counts in a lawsuit against Bayer and BASF. On Friday, the jury awarded $15 million of

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 14 Feb 2020

Lawsuit: In dicamba decision, EPA ignored own prerequisite, agency scientists’ recommendations

EPA sidesteps normal public process to approve BASF’s cancer-linked pesticide

Bayer seeks to strike $265 million award in first dicamba-related trial

For Midwestern farmers, the workforce and supply chain are top issues in ‘flash recession’

Big ag companies say business continues amid coronavirus pandemic

In 2020, ag community has 'to prove to society' it can safely spray dicamba

For dicamba lawsuits, Bader verdict is just the beginning

Jury orders Monsanto, BASF to pay peach farmer $250 million in punitive damages

Q&A with Bayer attorney Chris Hohn on Bader Farm lawsuit outcome

Jury orders Monsanto, BASF to pay peach farmer $250 million in punitive damages

Reporter's notebook: Five key takeaways from trial of peach farmer's lawsuit vs. Bayer, BASF

Jury awards $265 million to Bader Farms in lawsuit against Bayer, BASF

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