Glyphosate Trial and Oregon Ranchers Pardoned

Glyphosate Trial and Oregon Ranchers Pardoned

Bob Larson
Bob Larson
From the Ag Information Network, I'm Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update.

**A series of cases involving individual plaintiffs alleging exposure to glyphosate caused their non-Hodgkin's lymphoma can move forward.

U.S. District Judge Vincent Chhabria ruled Tuesday, saying it was a "close question," but that the plaintiffs had presented enough evidence "from which a reasonable jury could conclude that glyphosate can cause NHL at human-relevant doses."

According to Agri-Pulse, that evidence came from three experts whose opinions, Chhabria said, are "shaky," but admissible.

Monsanto will continue fighting the lawsuits.

https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/11209-judge-sends-glyphosate-cancer-cases-to-next-stage

**Instagram, Twitter and Facebook were filled with posts about #CowAppreciationDay on July 10th, Tuesday.

The hashtag and day was created by fast food chain Chick-fil-A as a way to promote the restaurant's mascot cows who encourage people to eat more chicken.

Despite Chick-fil-A's using the day to promote chicken, it didn't stop dairy farmers, cattle ranchers, agriculture organizations and politicians from promoting THEIR appreciation of cows.

https://www.agweb.com/article/social-media-explodes-with-cowappreciationday-posts/

**Farm groups are applauding after father-and-son Oregon ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond, sent to prison for arson on public land, received full pardons from President Trump on Tuesday.

The case sparked the armed, 41-day takeover in 2016 of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon that inflamed a long-simmering dispute over federal control of large portions of the West.

Activists want the federal government to cede land to the states and accuse the government of regulatory over-reach and meddling in the Western way of life.

https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/trump-pardons-oregon-ranchers-whose-case-sparked-malheur-takeover

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