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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, January 02, 2025
A Georgia man who used Roundup for decades won his case against Monsanto Monday when a federal appeals court found that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act did not preempt his state tort law claims that the company failed to warn him of the dangers of using the product.
Corteva Agriscience leaders expressed optimism about the company’s financial position, and the strength of the ag economy as a whole, in a call Thursday where they reported revenue and earnings numbers that exceeded analysts’ estimates.
The Environmental Protection Agency has affirmed its finding that the “weight of evidence is insufficient” to link exposure from use of paraquat to Parkinson’s Disease in humans.
A new proposal to reduce wastewater discharges from meat and poultry slaughterhouses and processing plants has the Environmental Protection Agency facing criticism from both environmentalists and the meat industry.
A court has rejected a challenge by agricultural employers to the Labor Department’s 2022 H-2A rule, finding that the department properly followed notice-and-comment procedures.
