BASF.
BASF has resolved a lawsuit it brought against a number of rice farmers in northeastern Arkansas who violated the company's Clearfield Clearfield, city (1990 pop. 21,435), Davis co., N Utah; inc. 1922. Hill Air Force Base, to the northeast, is the state's largest employer. Clearfield is the site of Utah's largest industrial park and has diversified manufacturing. rice stewardship agreement. The Consent Judgment consent judgment n. a judgment issued by a judge based on an agreement between the parties to a lawsuit to settle the matter, aimed at ending the litigation with a judgment that is enforceable. (See: consent decree) entered by the federal court awards BASF damages of $2.5 million and enjoins certain conduct of the defendants in the future. This resolution will help keep this innovative technology effective in coming seasons, according to Bruce Cranfill, Clearfield rice market manager. "As a result of the judgment and its provisions, we are confident that none of the crop resulting from the use of the saved seed will enter the seed channel," he says.
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