The company said the write-downs, driven by weaker demand from farmers due to low biofuel prices, plus an increase of about $750 million in the costs of settlement terms with U.S. plaintiffs over Roundup, resulted in a loss before interest and tax of 9.4 billion euros in the third quarter, according to Reuters.

Bayer's new program has begun rewarding farmers in Brazil and the U.S. for generating carbon credits by adopting climate-smart practices — such as no-till farming and the use of cover crops — designed to help agriculture reduce its carbon footprint and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Syngenta continues to invest in new technologies to meet the changing needs of growers.

The EPA recently announced the re-registration of several in-season dicamba products, with important label updates that affect your options for managing Roundup Ready 2 Xtend and XtendFlex soybean systems in 2021. Here’s what you need to know as you finalize next season’s management plan, according to WinField United.

According to the latest USDA Crop Progress report, 87% of soybeans in the U.S. have been harvested, above the 71% harvested this time last week and the 83% 5 year average.

In case you missed them, here are the items that have garnered the most interest from farmers in the past month.

Today’s agricultural tires resemble their predecessors in that they are still round and mainly made of rubber. Maintaining a tread and staying inflated may have been enough for years, but modern tire design parameters accounting for soil compaction, improved traction, tread wear, sidewall strength at super-low inflation rates and, increasingly, environmental concerns have permanently changed the way farm equipment engages the soil.

The EPA says it is proposing new measures to reduce risks associated with paraquat in order to better to protect human health and the environment.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced that EPA is approving new 5-year registrations for two dicamba products and extending the registration of an additional dicamba product.

According to the latest crop progress report from USDA, 72% of corn in the U.S. has been harvested, surpassing the 38% harvested in the same week last year and the 5 year average of 56%.