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Missouri farm awarded $265M in suit against BASF and Bayer
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February 15, 2020 12:30 PM
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A jury on Saturday awarded $265 million in punitive damages to a southeastern Missouri peach farmer who argued that weedkiller dicamba that had drifted onto his orchards from other farms had severely damaged his trees — an award that could bode well for other farmers suing the chemical's makers.
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