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kansas atrazine contamination suit

City gives copies of atrazine lawsuit info to ag groups

Complaint still pending

[ 0 ] April 22, 2009

From Peabody Gazette-Bulletin: In response to an open meetings and record complaint last week, the cities of Marion and Hillsboro have forwarded copies of documents to the Kansas Corn Growers and Kansas Grain Sorghum producers Associations supplied by a law firm asking them to join a groundwater contamination lawsuit against the manufacturer of the widely […]

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Marion, Hillsboro accused of violating secrecy laws in atrazine case

[ 0 ] April 15, 2009

From Peabody Gazette-Bulletin: The Cities of Marion and Hillsboro are being taken to task by the Kansas Corn Growers and Grain Sorghum Producers Associations regarding legal action over alleged atrazine pollution. Executive Director Jere White formally asked Marion County Attorney Susan Robson on Monday to investigate alleged violations of the state’s open records and open […]

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Kansas farming communities targeted by trial attorneys for atrazine lawsuit

[ 0 ] April 13, 2009

From High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal: News that two Kansas agricultural communities have signed on as participants in a class action lawsuit against the maker of the farm herbicide atrazine came as both a surprise and a disappointment to the Kansas Corn Growers Association and the Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association. The cities of Hillsboro and […]

Atrazine Usage Challenged

Atrazine Usage Faces Challenge

[ 0 ] June 21, 2006

From No-Till Farmer: DESPITE THE FACT that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials estimate that growing corn without atrazine could cost no-tillers as much as $28 an acre due to reduced yields and the need for more expensive herbicides, you might be in danger of losing this long-term weed control chemical product. It’s because of a […]