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Congress members move to override Supreme Court ruling on pesticide protections

Some U.S. lawmakers are rushing to introduce legislation to reverse the impact of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling handed down last week that overturned years of precedent by limiting consumer lawsuits ...
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Major meatpackers have taken in more than half a billion in tax subsidies since 2006

State and local governments have paid more than half a billion dollars in tax breaks to meat processing companies over nearly 20 years to attract new processing plants, as industry-wide transformation ...
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China resumes US soybean purchases under trade deal with Trump, but future for farmers remains ‘daunting’

Crops are in the ground, the weather is cooperating, soybean prices are up slightly from 2025, and China — the biggest buyer of U.S. soybean exports — is once again placing orders after a trade ...
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While Western grocery inflation cools, food costs reach critical highs in some emerging economies

Food price inflation has been significant in the U.S. in recent years, beginning with supply chain disruptions that saw ...
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Five things to know about pesticides, cancer and a pending Supreme Court ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule next month on whether lawsuits can be brought against pesticide and herbicide makers over claims their products have caused cancer. The court heard arguments ...
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Bayer’s proposed Roundup settlement violates Constitution, new legal filing claims

This story was originally published by The New Lede. Bayer’s proposed $7.25 billion class action settlement is a “sweetheart deal” that violates the U.S. Constitution by running “roughshod over basic ...
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Bayer promises to suspend ‘unfair provisions’ in seed contracts for several years, Trump administration announces

Loyalty programs have been part of the seed and chemical industry — typically, the seeds and pesticides required to grow commodity crops are sold together — for decades. Some have termed them “velvet ...
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Food prices just had their highest month-to-month jump in years

Food prices jumped 0.68% in April compared with the previous month — the largest month-to-month inflation bump since August 2022, according to the Consumer Price Index, a measure of inflation. Food ...
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This herbicide is so toxic it’s been banned in over 70 countries. But plants in the South are releasing it into the air.

The Sipcam Agro facility in Wayne County, Mississippi, formulates and packages paraquat. It has also released tens of thousands of pounds of the chemical into the air. Researchers have linked paraquat ...
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Bayer promised EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin ‘a small thanks’ for removing cancer warnings about Roundup, according to internal emails AOC obtained

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during Tuesday's Congressional hearing. screenshot courtesy of U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce's YouTube channel Bayer promised to “provide a small thanks” to ...
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Illinois Farm Bureau sees ‘moral obligation’ to protect livestock from extreme weather. It opposes temperature standards for workers.

Illinois farmworkers are often exposed to extreme heat while detasseling corn. Sometimes the heat index can exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit. photo taken in Mansfield, Illinois on Aug. 20, 2013. Since ...