Pesticides/Herbicides
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—March 12, 2020
Food Safety: U.S. Customs Agricultural Inspection Workforce Expanded
On March 3, 2020, President Trump signed into law Senate Bill 2107, now designated as Public Law No. 116-122, titled “Protecting America’s Food and Agriculture Act of 2019.” This legislation authorizes the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to annually hire up to two-hundred forty (240) and two-hundred (200) new CBP Agriculture Specialists and CBP Agriculture Technicians respectively. The gross number of each employee type to be achieved and maintained is determined by an annual calculation of CBP’s need. The law also provides an escalating yearly appropriation for federal fiscal years 2020 […]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—February 20, 2020
Pesticides/Herbicides: Missouri Federal Jury Returns $265 Million Verdict in Dicamba Drift Trial
On February 14 and 15, 2020, a jury empaneled in the case of Bader Farms, Inc. v. Monsanto Company and BASF Corporation, (Case No. 1:16-cv-00299-SNL) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri returned verdicts in favor of Plaintiffs and against Defendants, awarding $15 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages. The case appears to be the first U.S. jury trial and verdict in a cause of action for property damage to a neighboring landowner caused by drift of the herbicide […]
