Bayer and Basf defeated in court, maxi compensation is underway: historic ruling on Dicamba

    Bayer and Basf defeated in court, maxi compensation is underway: historic ruling on Dicamba

    Historic sentence in the usa. Bayer and Basf will have to compensate peach farmer because Dicamba would damage his crops

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    Trouble for Bayer and Basf they never end. A new historic sentence arrives: the two giants of agrochemistry have been defeated in a US court on herbicide Dicamba. They will have to shell out $ 265 million for a peach farmer.





    The three-week trial was the first in the United States to confirm that the dicamba-based herbicides they would have damaged tens of thousands of hectares of land.

    Both dicamba and Roundup are produced by Monsanto, which Bayer acquired in 2018. Since 2016, this herbicide, in use for over 50 years, has been targeted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has launched a criminal investigation into the application. illegal of old dicamba formulations capable of migrating and ending up on other crops. In fact, this substance can be vaporized and drift for miles in certain weather conditions.

    The jury of the United States District Court in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, who asked for Bader, the largest peach farmer in the state, $ 265 million in compensation.

    The man had sued the two companies claiming that his orchard of over 400 hectares had been irreparably damaged by the herbicide, which had come to its trees from nearby crops since 2015.

    Bayer and BASF have said they are disappointed with the jury's verdict and have already indicated that they intend to appeal. Both companies claim their dicamba-based herbicides are safe when used as directed.

    Bayer argues that "no competent evidence was presented to show that Monsanto products were present" on the Missouri farm and that they were responsible for the farmer's losses.

    For its part, the EPA imposed restrictions on the use of dicamba in November 2018 due to concerns about potential damage to neighboring crops.

    Bader is not the only lawsuit Bayer faces on dicamba. There are over 140 legal disputes raised by this herbicide throughout the Midwest of the United States. Additionally, the jury's decision could encourage other growers from Arkansas to Illinois to sue and seek compensation for their ruined crops.



    Sources of reference: Reuters, Bloomberg


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