Recently we reported on research showing that glyphosate residues in poultry manure-based fertiliser used by gardeners and organic and conventional growers can ruin yields of tomatoes and other sensitive crops. Now a new paper reveals that glyphosate residues in poultry manure caused the loss of $1,000,000 worth of organic sauerkraut in 2022 by making the sauerkraut soggy and therefore undesirable. The glyphosate likely came from pre-harvest “desiccation” (dry-down) of feed grains by the spraying of glyphosate-based herbicides; and the spraying of these same herbicides onto GM glyphosate-tolerant corn and soy, which is used in poultry feed. The problem was caused by glyphosate's tendency to tie up vital minerals in the soil, making them unavailable to growing plants, including the cabbage used for the organic sauerkraut. GMWatch

 

 

Bayer on Tuesday cut its forecast for 2024 operating earnings after a poor performance in its agrochemicals division hit quarterly profits. The group reported a net loss of 4.18 billion euros ($4.45 billion) in the third quarter, with revenues in its agricultural unit down 3.6 percent. A heavy drop in sales of its key glyphosate-based weedkillers — at the centre of long-running legal fights over claims they cause cancer — weighed particularly heavily. Fortune

 

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