Farmers’ deadline extended in Bayer CropScience settlement
by Associated Press Published: October 25,2011
Tags: agriculture, exports, farmers, farms, food, food safety, genetically modified products, lawsuit, rice, sales
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Rice farmers have nearly a month to file for part of a $750-million settlement to claims they lost money because Bayer CropScience mistakenly sold genetically modified seed in the United States. The original deadline was Oct. 10, but Bayer extended it to Nov. 21, attorney Don Downing of St. Louis — one [...] [...]
