Jury tells Bayer to pay Ark. rice farmers $48M

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:04:44 GMT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- German conglomerate Bayer CropScience should pay a dozen Arkansas farmers nearly $50 million for allowing a genetically altered strain of rice to escape into the commercial market, damaging rice prices in 2006, a jury ruled Thursday.... Read More ...

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