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Crops vs. Weeds

It’s not a new game, but an age-old challenge for farmers: how to control unwanted weeds that make it harder to grow healthy, bountiful farm crops. A winning strategy often requires a combination of good thinking, good tools and good practices. Lately, Bayer’s team on Maui has been exploring new ways to manage weeds […]

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Interested in a Farm Tour?

Hawaii gives presentations and free tours of its farm sites for groups interested in learning more about our company’s activities in Hawaii. What will I learn? A typical farm tour covers information about Hawaii’s seed industry, Bayer’s research efforts globally and locally, the work being done in Hawaii and the products being produced. The tours […]

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Agriculture Awareness Day at the Capitol

Workers from Bayer Hawaii joined farmers from across the state to take part in the 13th annual Agriculture Awareness Day at the Capitol. Ag Day showcases Hawaii’s diverse agricultural industry and the many partnerships that make up this thriving industry. The event which is sponsored by the Hawaii Farm Bureau, is an opportunity for policymakers and […]

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Bayer Hawaii Employees Promote the Importance of First Aid

Across all of its farms on Oahu, Maui, and Molokai, Bayer Hawaii has created an environment that promotes safety in the workplace by increasing safety awareness through employee engagement. Four employees of Bayer’s Oahu Farms have recently gone above and beyond to ensure that their fellow employees, as well as the community-at-large, live and work […]

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Listen to our ‘Sustaining Hawaii’ Radio Series

Bayer Hawaii is excited to share our new monthly radio program – Sustaining Hawaii. Today’s global agriculture industry is facing many challenges. Climate change, labor shortage, water stresses and pest control are just a few of these challenges that are affecting us here in Hawaii. For the next 12 months, KHVH host Rick Hamada will […]

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Judge accepts Monsanto Company plea agreement regarding 2014 application and storage of Penncap-M®

A Honolulu Federal District Court judge has approved a plea agreement between Monsanto Company and the U.S. Department of Justice over an incident that happened in 2014. Under the agreement, Monsanto Company pleaded guilty to one violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) regarding the 2014 application of a prohibited pesticide on […]

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Bayer Hawaii Life Sciences Scholarship

High school seniors interested in a life sciences degree are invited to apply. As many as ten (10) scholarships of $1,000 each are typically awarded each year. This scholarship is open to graduating seniors of all high schools in Hawaii who will be attending an accredited college or university to pursue a discipline related to […]

Bayer Community Service Day - Hawaii Agriculture Community

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Maui employees take to the street on Bayer Community Service Day

Bayer employees across the United States took part in the annual Bayer Community Service Day. In Hawaii, more than 100 employees rolled up their sleeves and volunteered in an Adopt-A-Highway service project. “Our employees have been looking forward to this day. In addition to a cleaner roadside, we are helping to keep trash from entering […]

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Why We Designated 1,500 Acres As Important Agricultural Lands

The Hawaii State Land Use Commission recently approved Bayer’s voluntary designation of more than 1,500 acres of our farmland in Hawai`i as Important Agricultural Lands. This is great news for the future of local ag in Hawaii. “Important Agricultural Lands” (IAL) was established by the State of Hawaii to preserve suitable agricultural lands for the […]

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Maui Celebrates New Pollinator Habitat

Take a group of dedicated employees, a community-minded business, and a passion for perpetuating Hawaii’s natural resources and you have the foundation on which Bayer Hawaii’s new walking trail and pollinator habitat was created. A new half-mile walking trail called Ke ‘Ala i ke Ola (translated from Hawaiian “the path of life”) was blessed by […]