Monsanto asks to vacate glyphosate award (The Recorder): Monsanto has filed two motions in San Francisco Superior Court with the same goal: to set aside the jury award of $289 million to a groundskeeper who says the weedkiller glyphosate caused his cancer.
With marijuana legal, will Canada’s foodmakers inhale? (Food Business News): Canada is the first of the major industrial nations to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, effective Oct. 17. Analysts say “edibles” are likely to be popular, creating a market opportunity for food and beverage companies.
Fewer hogs in China (Reuters): China’s hog inventory is nearly 5-percent smaller than a year ago, according to government data, reflecting low prices for hogs and the outbreak of African swine fever, a fatal hog disease.
Beef beats broilers for export bucks (USDA): Broiler chickens account for 40 percent and beef for 18 percent of U.S. animal-protein exports so far this year, although the percentages are reversed when it comes to dollar value.
‘Don’t mess with Nana’ (Dallas Morning News): Judy Cochran, a great-grandmother and small-town mayor, shot a 580-pound alligator on her ranch. The mayor, who bought a hunting permit in advance, said it was revenge for an attack that had killed her miniature horse.