Area corn growers invited to attend meeting

All corn growers in the Callaway County area are invited to attend a meeting Friday regarding litigation against Syngenta Ag.
The informational meeting will be noon on Friday at the Post Office Bar and Grill, 100 W. Fifth St., Fulton.
It is hosted by MidwestCornLawsuit.com, according to Matt Bopes, project manager for the Midwest Corn Lawsuit.
The attorney hosting the meeting will cover the litigation against Syngenta Ag. In 2009, Syngenta released a new strain of corn seed into the United States market before receiving import approval from China. Without import approval for this strain, known as Agrisure Viptera, China rejected U.S. corn shipments in 2013 and 2014, causing global collapse in U.S. corn prices. The export market disruptions with China cost U.S. farmers billions of dollars.
All U.S. corn growers, regardless of whether or not they planted Syngenta seed, were impacted by this market disruption. In addition to individual farmers, landlords, elevators, transporters and others in the supply chain may be able to file a claim in order to be made whole by Syngenta.
More than 45,000 corn farmers across the United States have already filed suit, as have large agricultural companies including Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland.
To learn more, go to midwestcornlawsuit.com.