Idaho Farmers Sue Monsanto Over GMO Wheat
"Monsanto knew, or should have known, that the existence of genetically-engineered wheat — commingled with the general wheat supply — would cause significant disruptions in the wheat export market, and that such a situation could involve huge disruptions in the wheat trade while imposing additional costs on U.S. wheat farmers and specifically Pacific Northwest soft white wheat farmers. These costs eventually would detrimentally impact worldwide prices for Pacific Northwest soft white wheat, causing significant financial damage to wheat farmers," attorney Benjamin Schwartzman wrote in the lawsuit.
The farmers say the discovery of the genetically engineered wheat growing in Oregon has diminished prices for all soft white wheat because of the loss of export and domestic markets, and that it has also increased costs for growers who must go through extensive testing to prove the wheat from their fields isn't contaminated with genetically engineered wheat before they can sell to some buyers.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/idaho-farmers-sue-monsanto-gmo-wheat-19385974
