Farm Litigation Report January 2025
We hope you have survived the bitter cold this winter. Spring will soon be here, and along with it, the annual job of getting your fields ready for planting. In a similar way, we at GRG plant seeds (in the form of evidence) in the minds of jurors who hear our cases. But before we do, we must lay an evidentiary foundation (in other words, get those fields ready for planting) so that when we plant those seeds, the jurors have a full understanding of the context so that those seeds can develop into the type of harvest we seek for our clients. This process takes a lot of hard work, much like farming does. But in the end, a bountiful harvest makes all that hard work worth it.
Now let me give you a preview of this edition of the GRG Farm Litigation Report. Like in our last edition, we have included an article from one of our many farmer clients – southeast Missouri farmer, Ronnie Lance. We represented Ronnie in the dicamba litigation. From 2016 to 2020, Ronnie experienced dicamba damage on his soybean, watermelon, and tomato crops from off-target movement of dicamba sprayed in the surrounding area. That dicamba damage led to significant yield loss and lost revenue. We were honored that Ronnie asked us to represent him and appreciate his kind words about our work in his case.
