Articles tagged under: lawsuit
Dicamba Lawsuit Filed
Published November 9, 2020
The Environmental Protection Agency is being sued over its re-registration of dicamba herbicide. The American Soybean Association and the Plains Cotton Growers filed the lawsuit, claiming some parts of the rule are too severe. That includes the buffer requirements and…Chicago-Based Grocer Sues ‘Big Four’ Meatpackers
Published June 10, 2020
A class action federal lawsuit is accusing top U.S. meatpackers, Cargill, JBS, National Beef and Tyson, of artificially increasing the price of meat to boost profit margins. The claim has been filed in Minneapolis by Central Grocers. The Chicago-based grocery…Bayer Plans to Appeal Dicamba Jury Decision
Published February 17, 2020
A Missouri peach farmer claims his orchard suffered damage due to off-target movement of the dicamba herbicide. The jury awarded $15 million in actual damages and $250 million in punitive damages. Bayer and BASF were both found to be liable…Missouri Farmer Challenges the Use of Dicamba
Published February 4, 2020
The owner of a large peach farm in the Missouri Bootheel region is suing Bayer and BASF for $20 million. The farmer claims he lost 30,000 trees due to the use of dicamba in his area. Dicamba-tolerant seed was on…A Battle Over Legal Fees
Published July 10, 2019
The lawsuit over Syngenta’s release of Agrisure Viptera and Agrisure Duracade corn traits has been settled, but the lawyers are still in federal court fighting over their contingency fees. Farmers involved in this case will share a $1.5 billion settlement.…Lawsuits Filed Against Major Packers
Published May 20, 2019
Two class-action lawsuits have been filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota against the largest beef packers in the country. A Florida live cattle futures trader, Michael Sevy, claims the packers have conspired to drive down…R-CALF Sues “Big Four” Beef Packers
Published April 24, 2019
R-CALF USA, along with four ranchers from Iowa, Nebraska Kansas and Wyoming, have filed a class action lawsuit. The suit claims the nation’s four largest beef packers violated antitrust laws, depressing the price of purchased fed cattle by an average…Action Taken on Dicamba Lawsuit
Published January 15, 2019
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the 2016 EPA registration of dicamba, but allowed the plaintiffs to fast track a new lawsuit based on the 2018 dicamba registration. The National Family Farm Coalition,…Glyphosate Trial Split into Two Parts
Published January 9, 2019
A California federal judge has granted Bayer’s request to split a major trial into two parts. The first phase would focus on whether or not Monsanto’s Roundup herbicides caused the plaintiff to develop Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. If that can be proven,…