May 27, 2021
Groups of farmers offered the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation competing bids to centralize claims in Illinois and Minnesota alleging that agricultural suppliers fixed crop input prices, while the suppliers said Missouri is the most appropriate home for the litigation.
May 19, 2021
"Further reflection" has spurred an Illinois federal judge to reverse course and pause several suits by farmers accusing major agricultural suppliers of working together to fix crop input prices, putting the cases on ice until the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation decides on potential consolidation.
April 06, 2021
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday refused to pause proceedings in several suits by farmers accusing major agricultural suppliers of working together to fix crop input prices, deciding against any early-case delays while a multidistrict litigation panel considers consolidation.
February 03, 2021
An Iowa farmer has hit more than a dozen agricultural suppliers, including industry giants Bayer and Cargill, with an antitrust suit in Illinois federal court claiming they ran a scheme among manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers to monopolize the crop input market.