Herbicide caused widespread crop damage after drifting across fields, lawsuit says

There's background to this case here:
https://www.ecowatch.com/missouri-peach-farm-sues-monsanto-dicamba-drift-2133507960.html
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Trial date set in dicamba "ecological disaster" litigation against Monsanto, BASF

Tina Bellon
Reuters, 9 Oct 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/products-dicamba/trial-date-set-in-dicamba-ecological-disaster-litigation-against-monsanto-basf-idUSL2N1WP1WK

A federal judge in Missouri has scheduled the first trial in a multidistrict litigation alleging dicamba-based weedkillers made by Bayer AG unit Monsanto Co and BASF Corp caused widespread crop damage after drifting across fields.

The case of Missouri-based peach grower Bader Farms Inc, which alleges the companies conspired to create an "ecological disaster", will be fast-tracked for a trial starting in October 2019, according to an order on Friday by U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh.

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