Bayer Faces More Monsanto Pain With $265 Million Dicamba Award

(Bloomberg) -- Bayer AG’s first U.S. trial over the dicamba herbicide resulted in a $265 million damage award to a Missouri farmer who blamed the company and its competitor BASF SE for destroying his peach orchards.The jury verdict is the latest litigation hit for Bayer, which is also seeking to settle thousands of lawsuits claiming exposure to its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. The German drug and chemical giant faces more than 140 lawsuits over allegations that dicamba wreaked havoc a