Iowans protest a pesticide bill at a rally organized by Food and Water Watch on Feb. 10, 2025 in the Iowa Capitol Rotunda. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch).
Bayer, the biotech company and manufacturer of Round Up, has substantially increased its spending on lobbying in Iowa since the introduction of a pesticide labeling bill in 2024.
In 2025, according to client reports published by the state, Bayer paid lobbyists $123,250. Reports for 2024 show $86,099 spent. Between 2021 and 2023, years before the pesticide labeling bill was introduced, Bayer spent annually between $20,000 and $30,000 on its lobbying efforts…