Bayer, BASF Ordered to Pay $265 Million in Weedkiller Crop-Damage Suit

Peaches on the tree ready to be picked.

A jury ruled against Bayer AG and BASF SE in a crop-damage case, awarding $265 million to a Missouri peach farmer who claimed the companies encouraged farmers to irresponsibly spray a hard-to-control weedkiller. Peach farmer Bill Bader sued the pesticide-and-seed makers after he said thousands of his fruit trees sustained damage in 2015 and 2016.… Continue reading Bayer, BASF Ordered to Pay $265 Million in Weedkiller Crop-Damage Suit