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On Friday, Monsanto was ordered by a federal court to pay Bader Farms $15 million in damages for the pesticide dicamba destroying a majority of peach trees on the farm in southeastern Missouri. However, the ruling was not fully complete because the amount for punitive damages was scheduled to be given out by the jury on Saturday.
The jury announced the amount yesterday with the punitive damages being $250 million. That means that Monsanto must pay a total of $265 million to the owner of Bader Farms for creating a pesticide that is uncontrollable.
Bayer, the owner of Monsanto, assumed that the corporation was out of the woods due to a possible settlement occurring for over 50,000 people after they obtained cancer from using the weedkiller RoundUp. However, this verdict will now open the door for other farmers to sue Monsanto for the dicamba drift destroying their crops as well. Bayer buying Monsanto could possibly go down as the worst financial transaction of the 21st century even with 80 years left in this century.
It takes Government intervention before they can be stopped from using round ups. Sale of round ups must be stopped.
I wish the farmers be educated about the harm.
Yes, they have been educated. This pesticide has been banned in Arkansas. More farms will be suing since this verdict has been given.
Always good to hear about justice being done.
Not quite – Monsanto appeals everything; this will more than likely be going to the US Supreme Court
Round up is still popularly used here. Farmers prefer using them because it’s more taxing to remove weeds.
It’s better to take a little bit more time to remove weeds the right way instead of using RoundUp and getting cancer