Law Suit According To Monsanto

[Pat Riot]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11194/1160101-100.stm

[femmocrat]

1. There is more to the story--- How this affects organic farmers:

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"Of more concern to him and other conventional wheat farmers is the threat of Monsanto suing them because cross-pollination can contaminate their fields with the company's engineered seeds.

"It should be extremely difficult, if not impossible, for them to sue us," he said. "They're fully aware of how crops are pollinated."

Troyer said cross-pollination is even more a concern for organic farmers because if testing shows any contamination from nearby fields of genetically modified grain, they lose their crop."



Read more: Farmers sued for saving Monsanto wheat seeds - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_746550.html#ixzz1S5YeENcH

Die, Monsanto, Die!

[femmocrat]

2. Monsanto suit was "filed in error" ---- Buried on back page, of course:

Seed vendor backtracks on suit against farmers

By Brian Bowling
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, July 15, 2011

A federal lawsuit accusing two Erie County farmers of violating a seed technology agreement was filed in error, a representative for a St. Louis agricultural biotech company said on Thursday.

Sara Miller, a spokeswoman for Monsanto, said the lawsuit filed in federal court in Pittsburgh was meant to collect money owed to Hubner Seeds "for corn, soybean and wheat products that were purchased in 2009 and 2010."

"The filing was submitted by a third-party vendor and mistakenly included a claim for patent infringement and named Monsanto as the plaintiff," she said.

As originally filed, the lawsuit claimed that Harold V. Wiser of Girard and Harold Steve Wiser Jr. of Fairview illegally saved seeds from crops grown using Monsanto's Roundup Ready product and were using them this year to plant crops. The lawsuit also included a claim that the Wisers owed more than $160,000 for unpaid goods.

Read more: Seed vendor backtracks on suit against farmers - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/print_746747.html#ixzz1SBkdlvPu