Missouri farm awarded US$265M in suit against BASF and Bayer

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A jury on Saturday awarded $265 million in punitive damages to a southeastern Missouri peach farmer who argued that weedkiller dicamba that had drifted onto his orchards from other farms had severely damaged his trees -- an award that could bode well for other farmers suing the chemical's makers.

Farmer Reed Storey shows damage to one of his soybean plants in Marvell, Ark., on July 11, 2017. CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. -- A jury on Saturday awarded US$265 million in punitive damages to a southeastern Missouri peach farmer who argued that weedkiller dicamba that had drifted onto his orchards from other farms had severely damaged his trees -- an award that could bode well for other farmers suing the chemical's makers.

The awards in Bader's lawsuit could bode well for other similar lawsuits filed against Bayer and BASF, which invented the pesticide. The lawsuits blame dicamba for damaging millions of acres of crops across the country.

 

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Not only did he lose the crops but yes the trees are infected not to mention the ground that soaked up the drift when it rained . Contamination for years to come with spoiled ground!

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