Time goes Bayer

With the revision of EU directive 91/414/EEC looming, growers in Europe face the possibility of losing access to a wide range of pesticides vital to the survival of their crops. The directive has sparked suggestions from some that it will take the world’s chemical companies no time at all to come up with replacement substances. But as Laura Gould discovered when she visited the German headquarters of Bayer CropScience last month, nothing could be further from the truth.