Bayer makes first settlement offer in modified rice trials

October 19, 2010 Comments Off on Bayer makes first settlement offer in modified rice trials

For the first time during a year-long series of test trials over a 2006 contamination of the U.S. rice supply, Bayer CropScience has offered to settle a case.

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Third Bayer rice trial nets $500,000 verdict

July 14, 2010 Comments Off on Third Bayer rice trial nets $500,000 verdict

A federal jury in St. Louis has handed out another $500,000 to a rice farmer in a series of "test trials" over a 2006 crop contamination by Bayer CropScience.

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Farmers win $2M in bellwether rice crops case

January 11, 2010 Comments Off on Farmers win $2M in bellwether rice crops case

The first jury to hear one of more than 1,000 cases against Bayer CropScience decided two farmers deserved an award for past and future economic losses but no punitive damages for the accidental mixing of a modified rice seed with ...

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Bayer told to pay $2 million over engineered rice

December 5, 2009 Comments Off on Bayer told to pay $2 million over engineered rice

Bayer CropScience must pay about $2 million for losses sustained by two Missouri farmers when an experimental variety of rice the company was testing cross-bred with their crops, a federal jury ruled. Friday’s verdict in St. Louis came in the ...

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