by MBJ Staff Published: March 29,2013
Tags: agriculture, commodity, farm, farmer, farming, plant, planting, probation, row crop, seed, state agency, suspend, suspension
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) has suspended the seed dealer license of Johnston Seed Company Inc., of Ashburn, Ga., for 15 violations of the Mississippi Pure Seed Law. The settlement resolves allegations that Johnston Seed Company failed to comply with state-issued stop sale orders for seed not in compliance with [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 11,2012
Tags: build, builder, buildimng, construction, environment, feed, permit, pollution, reailer, retail, runoff, seed, store, storm water
PONTOTOC — A Pontotoc feed store is paying $37,000 civil fine for failing to get a storm water permit before starting construction. Moore’s Feed Store agreed in September to pay the fine to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. An order published by the department says that in May 2011, someone complained to MDEQ about [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 23,2012
Tags: argriculture, bench, commodity, courts, crop, decision, farm, farm supply, farmer, farming, intellectual property, judge, judicial, judiciary, pantent, planting, row crop, seed
TUPELO — A federal judge in Mississippi has heard arguments from the Monsanto Co., which is seeking $27 million in damages from a Tupelo farm supply business and its owners in an ongoing dispute over saving and selling its patented seeds. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports U.S. District Judge Michael Mills made no decision [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 3,2012
Tags: agriculture, appeal, courts, damages, decosion, farm, farmer, farming, judge, law, lawsuit, legal, patent, planting seed, seed, verdict
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — DuPont officials plan to appeal a federal jury’s record-setting $1-billion verdict that found the company willfully infringed a patent held by Monsanto. It took the jury 45 minutes to reach the largest collectible verdict in Missouri history Wednesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis. DuPont’s best chance for success on [...] [...]
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