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Greg Kruger walks on his farm at Harrod, Ohio, about 110 km northwest of Columbus, on Sept. 24, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Maddie McGarvey)

How a major U.S. farm lender left a trail of defaults, lawsuits

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter October 22, 2019

Harrod, Ohio | Reuters — After completing a credit review in a half-hour phone call, a BMO Harris Bank underwriter cleared US$12 million in loans for Ohio corn and soybean producer Greg Kruger in 2013. Kruger had initially asked for a $2 million loan to build a grain elevator. But the Chicago-based bank, one of

Livestock

U.S. meat industry sues California for animal protection ‘overreach’

By GFM Network News, Jonathan Stempel October 5, 2019

Reuters — California was sued on Friday by the largest U.S. trade group for meat packers and processors, which wants to block enforcement of a voter-approved measure requiring farmers to provide more space for animals being raised for food. The North American Meat Institute, whose members include processors such as Tyson Foods and retailers including

Pork baby back ribs. (Grandriver/Getty Images)

Hogs, Livestock

Packers win dismissal of U.S. pork price-fixing suits

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 8, 2019

Reuters — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed antitrust lawsuits accusing several large U.S. pork companies of conspiring to limit the supply of pork to inflate prices and their own profits at the expense of consumers and other purchasers. Chief Judge John Tunheim of the federal court in Minneapolis said the plaintiffs failed to show

Monsanto Co’s Roundup for sale in Encinitas, California, June 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Mike Blake/File

Other

U.S. judge cuts $2 billion Roundup verdict against Bayer to $86 million

By GFM Network News July 26, 2019

Reuters – A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based weed killer, Roundup, for their cancer to $86.7 million. Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith of the California Superior Court in Oakland said the jury’s billion-dollar punitive damage awards were excessive and

Crops

Bayer seeks glyphosate litigation advice as Elliott reveals stake

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 26, 2019

Frankfurt | Reuters — Chemicals giant Bayer , under pressure from activist shareholders, said on Wednesday it has hired an external lawyer to advise its supervisory board and has set up a committee to help resolve a multi-billion dollar glyphosate litigation issue. Bayer has seen its share price tumble in the wake of its US$63

Crops

U.S. refiner group sues Trump EPA over E15 gasoline

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 10, 2019

Reuters — The main U.S. refining industry association said on Monday it sued to block the Trump administration’s effort to expand sales of higher ethanol blends of gasoline, arguing the move exceeded the administration’s authority. The legal challenge from the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) association escalated a battle between the oil and corn

Bayer CEO Werner Baumann speaks during the company’s annual general shareholders’ meeting in Bonn, Germany on April 26, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay)

Crops

Bayer shareholders vent ire over Monsanto-linked stock rout

By GFM Network News, Ludwig Burger April 26, 2019

Bonn | Reuters — Bayer shareholders vented their anger over its stock price slump on Friday as litigation risks mount from the German drugmaker’s US$63 billion takeover of seed and chemical firm Monsanto. Several large investors said they will not support aspirin invesotr Bayer’s management in a key vote scheduled for the end of its

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

R-CALF suit alleges U.S. packers conspired to suppress fed cattle prices

By GFM Network News, Jonathan Stempel April 23, 2019

Reuters — Four of the largest U.S. beef-packing companies were accused in a lawsuit on Tuesday of violating federal antitrust law by conspiring to drive down prices they paid ranchers for cattle, even as retail beef prices hovered near record levels. Tyson Foods, Cargill, the JBS USA unit of Brazil’s JBS and National Beef Packing

Edwin Hardeman, at right with his attorneys Jennifer Moore (left) and Aimee Wagstaff, speaks to the media, after Bayer was found liable for Hardeman’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma arising from his use of Roundup herbicide, at a federal courthouse in San Francisco on March 27, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Alexandria Sage)

Crops

U.S. jury says Bayer must pay $80 million to man in Roundup cancer trial

By Alexandria Sage, GFM Network News March 28, 2019

San Francisco/New York | Reuters –– A U.S. jury on Wednesday awarded US$80 million to a man who claimed his use of Bayer’s glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup caused his cancer, in the latest legal setback for the company facing thousands of similar lawsuits. The jury in San Francisco federal court said the company was liable for

Crops

U.S. judge to allow controversial evidence in Roundup cancer trials

By GFM Network News January 29, 2019

Reuters — A federal judge overseeing lawsuits alleging Bayer’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide causes cancer on Monday tentatively allowed pieces of controversial evidence that the company had hoped to exclude from upcoming trials. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria during a hearing in San Francisco federal court called his decision “probably most disappointing for Monsanto,” the Bayer

Daily Network News

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How a major U.S. farm lender left a trail of defaults, lawsuits

U.S. meat industry sues California for animal protection ‘overreach’

Packers win dismissal of U.S. pork price-fixing suits

U.S. judge cuts $2 billion Roundup verdict against Bayer to $86 million

Bayer seeks glyphosate litigation advice as Elliott reveals stake

U.S. refiner group sues Trump EPA over E15 gasoline

Bayer shareholders vent ire over Monsanto-linked stock rout

R-CALF suit alleges U.S. packers conspired to suppress fed cattle prices

U.S. jury says Bayer must pay $80 million to man in Roundup cancer trial

U.S. judge to allow controversial evidence in Roundup cancer trials

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