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OPINION: Bayer Crop Science closing its Hastings research site could be the tip of the iceberg.
A US farmer has been awarded US$265m (NZ$411m) in a lawsuit against herbicide providers Bayer and BASF.
According to The Wall Street Journal, a Missouri jury handed $15 million in actual and $250 million in punitive damages to the state’s largest peach grower, Bill Bader.
Bader sued Bayer and BASF after claiming his 1,000-acre orchard had been harmed by the companies’ herbicide that had drifted onto his tress from neighbouring farms in 2015 and 2016.
Bader sued the companies, claiming they encourage farmers to spray their dicamba-based herbicides irresponsibly.
The trial lasted three weeks and is the first case in the United States to make a ruling on the use of dicamba-based herbicides.
US farmers have alleged that dicamba-based herbicides can become vapour in some weather conditions.
They claim the vapour drifting across large distances has caused damage to tens of thousands of acres of cropland.
Bayer says it plans to appeal the verdict, whereas BASF is still to decide its next steps.
The heart wants what the heart wants - and River Foster knew that he wanted to be working outdoors, not in cardiology.
Over 240 growers, industry leaders and guests from across the country gathered in Gisborne last month to attend the inaugural Citrus New Zealand Awards dinner celebrating excellence in the sector.
Tomato growers are facing a challenge like never before over the rising cost of energy and the uncertainty of supply.
It's been a fantastic season so far.
A US-based company developing a vaccine to reduce methane emissions in cattle has received another capital injection from New Zealand’s agriculture sector.
Wools of New Zealand has signed a partnership agreement with a leading Chinese manufacturer as the company looks to further grow demand in China and globally.
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