Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 5, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnora free june 2000 Canada b3 biotech giant Square off in court today Puteh Wilson Saskatoon 8tmphoemx archives shown at his argues his crop was contaminated by nearby Fields growing the herbicide resistant by Craig Wong Saskatoon Percy Schmeiser wanted to retire this year and spend his Days fishing with his the 69yearold Saskatchewan Farmer has planted 560 hectares of Oats and canola to help pay his lawyers in a Battle with biotechnology giant everything that weve worked for and saved for in our lives were spending on Legal said the Louis based company and Schmeiser were set to Square off in fed eral court today Over genetically Modi fied canola the company says he grew without a proper Monsanto alleges that Schmeiser infringed on its Patent when he grew a herbicide resistant variety of the the genetically engineered canola allows Farmers to Plant earlier and Man age weeds More easily because it can survive the use of the powerful Herbi cide Monsanto markets both Roundup and the canola that resists its a Patent said Craig general manager of biotechnology and seed at Monsanto in Evans said the company launched the suit against Schmeiser in August 1998 after receiving people in the area just Felt that things we rent being treated fairly and came to Monsanto and what Are you going to do about it he in his Schmeiser says the company failed to properly instruct Farmers on How to Plant the genetically engineered canola and keep it from spreading to neighbouring he says his crop was contaminated by nearby the Case has garnered International Schmeiser has received Calls from journalists from South America and the United states asking about the latest visitor to his farm in Southeast of was a dutch Tele vision news but Schmeiser said hed rather just be left the lawsuit has been a tremendous Strain on both him and his he Roundup ready canola was first launched in Canada in according to More than Farmers 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