Georgia Cotton Commission Sock Donation and Bayer Wins Roundup Case
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update.
**On behalf of Georgia’s 3,500 cotton farming families, the Georgia Cotton Commission recently donated 12,000 pairs of socks to various homeless shelters across the state.
Georgia Cotton Commission Chairman Bart Davis, from Colquitt County, says, “As a cotton producer, it gives me great joy to be able to give back to our state in such a meaningful and positive way. Especially during this Christmas season.”
For more information, go to www.georgiacottoncommission.org
www.morningagclips.com/georgia-cotton-farmers-donate-socks-to-homeless-shelters-2/
**Bayer was victorious in a California trial initiated by a man who claimed he’d developed cancer from long-term exposure to the company’s Roundup weed killer.
Reuters says that ended what had been a five-trial losing streak in trials over similar claims.
Bayer says the verdict, handed down by a California Superior Court, was “consistent with the evidence that Roundup does not cause cancer and is not responsible for the plaintiff’s illness.”
**The Mormon church has sparked some backlash from local farmers after snapping up about 370,000 acres of prime ranch land in Nebraska.
The LDS now owns at least $2 billion worth of agricultural terrain across the country, and an estimated $134 million worth of ag land in Nebraska.
Nebraska Farmers Union President John Hansen says the land grab was artificially driving up land prices and forcing out local farmers.
