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Bayer plan to launch GMO dicamba-resistant soybean in Brazil sparks pushback from some farmers
A genetically modified soy seed technology from Germany’s Bayer set to launch soon in Brazil has sparked concern from some ...
Bayer faces expensive lawsuit in Brazil as more farmers challenge firm’s GMO soy patent
Germany’s Bayer AG, which completed the takeover of U.S.-based Monsanto [in 2018], has been dealt a legal blow in Brazil ...
Brazilian farmers sue Bayer to reclaim $151 million in royalties on GMO cotton
Brazilian cotton producers in the state of Mato Grosso on [July 11] sued Bayer AG, seeking to cancel the chemical ...
Following US and Argentina, Brazil approves drought-tolerant, herbicide-resistant soybean
Brazil’s bio-security agency CTNBio has approved a new soybean seed that combines technologies to make it resistant to drought and ...
Brazilian judge overturns glyphosate ban, citing ‘serious impacts’ to nation’s economy
A Brazilian court on [September 3rd] overturned an injunction banning products containing the popular weed-killer glyphosate, knocking down a previous ...
Brazil’s public health agency will appeal judge’s nationwide suspension of glyphosate
Brazil-based agrochemical companies plan to appeal a ruling suspending the use of best-selling weed killer glyphosate .... an industry spokeswoman ...
Monsanto goes to court after Brazilian regulators say GMO soybean patent should be voided
Monsanto Co has two months to present a defense of its patent on genetically modified soybeans in Brazil, a lawyer ...
Brazil farmers group asks court to cancel Monsanto GMO soybean seed patent
Soybean growers in Mato Grosso, Brazil’s largest producing state, have asked a court to cancel Monsanto’s Intacta RR2 PRO patent ...
Brazil regulator says Bayer’s takeover of Monsanto could be ‘detrimental to competition’
A unit of Brazil’s competition regulator Cade said the $66 billion takeover of Monsanto Co. by German life sciences firm ...
New GMO crop: Brazil approves insect resistant sugarcane for commercial use
Brazilian biosecurity agency CTNBio on Thursday [June 8] approved commercial use of a genetically modified sugarcane, setting a milestone for ...
