U.S. District Court Archives - Manitoba Co-operator

U.S. pork processors face higher costs, slower speeds after court ruling

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek April 5, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — An industry group representing America’s biggest meatpackers on Thursday pushed the U.S. Department of Agriculture to appeal a federal court decision that canceled an agency rule that allows pork plants to slaughter pigs more quickly. The decision issued Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Minnesota could raise costs for meatpackers like

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

U.S. dairy group reaches milk price-fixing accord

By GFM Network News, Jonathan Stempel August 6, 2015

Reuters — Dairy Farmers of America Inc. has agreed to pay US$50 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in which farmers in the northeastern U.S. accused the marketing co-operative of conspiring to drive down milk prices. Settlement papers were filed on Thursday with the federal court in Burlington, Vermont, and require approval by U.S. District

News

U.S. organic growers appeal court ruling

By Carey Gillam April 15, 2012

A group of U.S. family farmers said March 28 it is appealing its lawsuit against Monsanto Co. to challenge the company’s patents on technologies for genetically modified seeds. The group of organic farmers and seed dealers says its industry is at risk from Monsanto’s growing market dominance. “Farmers are under threat. Our right to farm

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Judge dismisses lawsuit against Monsanto

By Carey Gillam March 14, 2012

A federal judge has ruled in favour of global seed giant Monsanto Co., dismissing a lawsuit brought by a consortium of U.S. organic farmers and seed dealers who said their industry is at risk from Monsanto’s growing market strength. U.S. District Court Judge Naomi Buchwald, for the Southern District of New York, threw out the

News, Oilseeds

Syngenta Sues Bunge Over Rejection Of GMO Corn Type

By Carey Gillam September 1, 2011

Syngenta Seeds, a unit of the world’s largest agrochemicals company Syngenta AG, has filed suit against major grain handler Bunge for refusing to accept a type of its biotech corn. Syngenta claims Bunge’s North America operations are illegally refusing to handle a type of genetically modified corn that is designed to protect the crop against

News

Canadians Join Patent Lawsuit

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 14, 2011

Aclutch of Canadian organic producers has signed on with a long list of mostly U.S. farm plaintiffs to “pre-emptively” sue Monsanto against any chance that the company could sue them over patent infringement. Ottawa-based Canadian Organic Growers (COG), along with 20 other farm groups, 12 seed businesses, including Interlake Forage Seeds of Manitoba, and 26

Crops, Forages

Regulatory Oversight Inadequate

By Carey Gillam April 22, 2010

Fourteen years after commercialization of the world’s first biotech crop, the U. S. regulatory agencies charged with overseeing biotech crops – USDA, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the U. S. Food and Drug Administration – are under attack on several fronts. The USDA is most directly in the line of fire after a string of

Crops

U. S. Court Upholds Manitoba Water Claim

By Manitoba Government Release March 11, 2010

The U. S. District Court has again ruled in favour of Manitoba in its case against the Northwest Area Water Supply (NAWS) project, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick announced March 8. Judge Rosemary Collyer, in her decision issued March 5, ordered the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation to take a “hard look” at the consequences

News, Oilseeds

Big South American Soy Crop To Test Storage Capacity

January 28, 2010

The record soybean crops that are fast approaching harvest in Latin America will put the Southern Cone region’s infrastructure to the test, more so in Brazil than in Argentina. Isolated harvesting in the world’s No. 2 soybean grower Brazil has already started in the centre-west, the main soy-growing region which has some of the greatest

Crops

U. S. Court Rules Against GM Sugar Beets

October 1, 2009

Afederal U. S. court has ruled in favour of critics of Monsanto Co.’s genetically engineered sugar beets, saying the U. S. government failed to adequately evaluate their environmental and economic risks. The U. S. District Court for the northern district of California ruled that the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

U.S. grains: Soy futures top one-week high, US crop outlook limits gains

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures down, hogs rise

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Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

U.S. grains: Soy futures top one-week high, US crop outlook limits gains

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures down, hogs rise

Tag Archives U.S. District Court

U.S. pork processors face higher costs, slower speeds after court ruling

U.S. dairy group reaches milk price-fixing accord

U.S. organic growers appeal court ruling

Judge dismisses lawsuit against Monsanto

Syngenta Sues Bunge Over Rejection Of GMO Corn Type

Canadians Join Patent Lawsuit

Regulatory Oversight Inadequate

U. S. Court Upholds Manitoba Water Claim

Big South American Soy Crop To Test Storage Capacity

U. S. Court Rules Against GM Sugar Beets

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