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Where Are My Syngenta Settlement Payments: Why Have Checks Not Been Issued Yet?

Paul Goeringer

Jul 30, 2019
2 min

Where Are My Syngenta Settlement Payments: Why Have Checks Not Been Issued Yet?

This is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. A number of you have asked when potential Syngenta settlement checks would be released to growers. In late 2018, the settlement order was approved for the $1.51 billion MIR162 Syngenta settlement. Based on the final order, payments to producers should have started going out in the second quarter of 2019. At this time that has not happened, but recently the Settlement website has been upda

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Apr 28, 2017
2 min

Weekly Roundup April 28th

By Sarah Fielder Maryland Soybean Board Funds Research Novel applications of nanotechnology, the effect of “legacy phosphorus” and the impact of neonicotinoid seed treatments on non-target invertebrates and soil microbes were among 18 projects which won $213,118 in funding from the Maryland Soybean Board this spring. To read about the individual projects click here: https://go.umd.edu/ch3. Poultry Zoning Legislation Introduced in Worcester County Farmers, activists and pub

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Oct 14, 2016
3 min

Weekly News Roundup: October 14th Edition

By Mayhah Suri Missouri’s Right-to-Farm Constitutional Amendment Doesn’t Protect Pot Growers A Missouri trial judge has ruled that the constitutional amendment Right-to-Farm does not give a person a right to grow pot in his/her home. According to the judge, pot was not a common crop planted for cultivation and harvest in the state. The defendants plan to appeal. This is the 3rd time a trial court has ruled that Missouri’s amendment does not protect the right to grow mariju

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Federal Law Prevents Syngenta’s Claims Against Grain Handlers: Syngenta Corn Class Action Update

Paul Goeringer

Apr 19, 2016
2 min

Federal Law Prevents Syngenta’s Claims Against Grain Handlers: Syngenta Corn Class Action Update

This post should not be construed as legal advice. Many of you have received letters requesting you join a class-action lawsuit involving Syngenta’s Viptera corn and are fully aware of the on-going suit. In 2015, the trial judge found that Syngenta potentially owed a duty of care to the farmers currently suing. Syngenta then filed a third-party complaint against a group of grain handlers (Cargill, ADM, and Rail Transfer) claiming the handlers were negligent for failing to s

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Update on Syngenta Class Action Lawsuit: Where Are We Now?

Paul Goeringer

Feb 16, 2016
3 min

Update on Syngenta Class Action Lawsuit: Where Are We Now?

I have previously posted on the class action lawsuit brought against Syngenta; see Are You Currently Suing Syngenta? Quick Overview of Current Agrisure Viptera® Class Action Litigation. Back in September, the court rejected Syngenta’s motion to dismiss the claims for failure to state a claim that relief could be granted. For more information on that, see Kristine A. Tidgren, Most of Syngenta Claims Survive Motion to Dismiss . . . What’s Next? (September 29, 2015). In Decemb

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Potential Ramifications of Agrisure Viptera Class Action Litigation

Paul Goeringer

Jan 13, 2016
3 min

Potential Ramifications of Agrisure Viptera Class Action Litigation

This post should not be construed as legal advice. This post originally appeared in Lancaster Farming on Jan. 2, 2016 (Southern Edition, Vol. 61, No. 13). A variation of this post also appeared in the Delmarva Farmer on Dec. 20th. Happy New Year, to everyone reading this. Recently, many of you have begun to receive letters involving a class action lawsuit involving Syngenta. The lawsuits stem from Syngenta’s Agrisure Viptera® which contains the MR162 genetic trait aimed a

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Dec 4, 2015
3 min

Weekly News Roundup: December 4th Edition

By Mayhah Suri Lower Shore Pot Industry Begins To Take Shape Nearly two dozen companies are bidding to open medical marijuana dispensaries on Maryland’s Lower and Mid-Shore, state officials say. But only up to four will get the chance since state regulations limit the number of standalone storefronts to two for each of the state’s 47 Senate districts. The number of dispensaries could be higher than four because licensed growers may hold a dispensary license as well. To rea

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