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History & Background
In 1995
Cotton Farmers were hit with one of the worst Boll Worm attacks on their
crops they had ever experienced. As
a result, there was a mass conversion to the new transgenic variety of seed
produced by Delta & Pine
Land in conjunction
with Monsanto. In October of 1995
Delta & Pine Land Company announced approval of a new transgenic cotton
seed that would prevent against attacks of Boll Worms and Bud Worms. Farmers flocked to this new more
expensive seed in their efforts to recover from the devastating results of
the 1995 Boll Worm attack. NuCOTN® 33-B provided acceptable returns in Pounds per
acre during 1996, 1997 and 1998, but 1999 saw a dramatic drop in
yield. Many farmers had just begun to make a comeback
from the devastating Boll Worm attack of 1995 only to be hit by
inexplicable drops in yield of 50% and more in 1999. Some farmers had begun planting most of
their land in NuCOTN 33-B, and the drop in yield
hit these farmers especially hard.
Legal
Issues Surrounding NuCOTN 33-B ®
Low
yields resulted in the loss of tons of cotton lint and thus millions of
dollars in revenue. Tyner Law Firm,
P.A. has been investigating this yield loss and has discovered evidence
that D&PL may have rebagged old seed to make
up for a shortfall of available seed in 1999. The investigation shows that after years
of declines in
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acres of cotton planted in Mississippi,
there was an upturn in acres planted in 1999. Evidence shows that rather than fulfill
demand with non-gene altered seed (traditional seed) D&PL utilized old seed that
was previously discarded in land fills.
The cost of the genetically modified seed is 20 to 30 times that of
tradition non altered seed. Damages suffered by farmers varies, and many lost
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The action is to recover the lost revenue that the resulted from
reduced yields as a result of the distribution of contaminated and poor quality
seed.
What
can we do?
Time is
running out. If you want to recover
your losses for reduced yield due to poor seed in the 1999 growing season,
you should contact attorney Kyle Pinkerton TODAY! kyle@tynerlawfirm.com or call our toll
free number 1-800-365-1121 ext.103.
If Mr. Pinkerton is not available, then speak to his Certified Legal
Assistant, Mrs. Anita Campbell. She
may be reached by dialing extension 118, or by her e-mail address which is Anita@TynerLawFirm.com .
How
Much will I recover? It is our goal to recover
all of your economic losses, plus additional funds to cover all
non-economic damages. Tyner Law Firm
handles these cases on a contingency basis so there is no charge if unless
there is recovery. Call today
time is running out!!
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