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Syngenta’s GMO Corn Lawsuit

May 28th, 2015

WILL THIS LAWSUIT CONCERNING GMO CORN BANKRUPT SYNGENTA? The answer is “No.” Syngenta is a major multi-national corporation with a market capitalization exceeding $32 billion. Syngenta maintains extensive insurance, providing it with financial reimbursement rights for damages it pays to farmers in this litigation. Syngenta has substantial cash-on-hand, and significant operating income, which it can use to pay a large,

Is There Financial Risk to Farmers Filing Suit Against Syngenta?

May 28th, 2015

IS THERE ANY FINANCIAL RISK TO THE FARMER WHO FILES SUIT AGAINST SYNGENTA FOR ITS ACTIONS CAUSING THE DROP IN CORN PRICES? We will pay all the costs for this litigation, and our farmers owe us nothing for expenses or fees if we are unsuccessful. Our contingency fee arrangement calls for a 60-40 split in the event of a settlement,

WHAT DID SYNGENTA DO TO CAUSE THE DROP IN CORN PRICES?

May 28th, 2015

Syngenta Made Promises to the U.S. Government Which it Did Not Keep. Syngenta Failed to Timely Implement Stewardship Programs Necessary to Keep MIR 162 corn away from other Approved Corns Syngenta Minimized its Problems Obtaining Regulatory Approval for MIR 162, and Suggested it Had Obtained Approval When it had Not When the Chinese detected unapproved MIR 162 in export shipments

Breaking News! Monsanto & Syngenta

May 16th, 2015

Here is the update on the Monsanto – Syngenta Deal. Link

Farmers, lawyers to take on Syngenta

February 1st, 2015

By Andrew Broman editor@independentreview.net | Updated 1 week ago China’s refusal to accept U.S. corn last year grown from a type of genetically-modified seed has triggered a flurry of lawsuits nationwide, and a group of lawyers is now encouraging Meeker County farmers to join in suing Minnetonka-based seed producer Syngenta. A Texas litigator, Mikal Watts, visited Litchfield and several other

Regional farmers join legal actions against Syngenta

February 1st, 2015

N.D. —By: Mikkel Pates, Ag Week, Published January 16, 2015, 03:54 PM Northern Plains farmers are getting into the legal fray over Syngenta’s alleged premature release of a genetically modified (GM) corn variety. The commercial release to U.S. farmers allegedly led to China stopping imports of U.S. corn and distillers grains from November 2013 through much of 2014. Plaintiffs in

Farmers sue, say GMO hurt corn prices

February 1st, 2015

By Tim Krohn tkrohn@mankatofreepress.com | Posted: Saturday, January 17, 2015 4:30 pm A farmer guides his combine through a field northwest of Lake Washington. File photo China’s refusal to buy corn from the United States in 2013 because it may have contained genetically modified seed has spawned lawsuits by farmers and major grain companies against the Swiss company Syngenta, which

Farmers, lawyers to take on Syngenta

February 1st, 2015

By Andrew Broman editor@independentreview.net | Updated 1 week ago China’s refusal to accept U.S. corn last year grown from a type of genetically-modified seed has triggered a flurry of lawsuits nationwide, and a group of lawyers is now encouraging Meeker County farmers to join in suing Minnetonka-based seed producer Syngenta. A Texas litigator, Mikal Watts, visited Litchfield and several other

Corn seed lawsuits filed in Sioux City

February 1st, 2015

JANUARY 22, 2015 10:00 PM • NICK HYTREK NHYTREK@SIOUXCITYJOURNAL.COM SIOUX CITY | Northwest Iowa farmers now are among the hundreds nationwide suing a producer of genetically engineered corn, saying the company’s actions led to a drop in corn prices that cost farmers and shippers more than $1 billion. More than 80 lawsuits have been filed against Syngenta, the maker of

U.S. NEWS & World Report

January 2nd, 2015

By DAVID PITT, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Agrochemicals giant Syngenta is facing a growing number of lawsuits challenging its release of a genetically modified corn seed that China had not approved for import, with losses to farmers estimated to be at least $1 billion. More than 50 lawsuits have been filed in