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DuPont, Monsanto agbio/veterinary/environmental news
April 3, 2000 7:00 AM UTC
DD's DuPont Crop Protection unit said it filed two suits against MTC. In the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina (Florence), DuPont Crop claimed that MTC violated antitrust laws by attempting to monopolize the cottonseed and herbicide markets. DuPont Crop alleges that MTC forced growers and herbicide dealers into arrangements that made it difficult for them to buy or sell brands that compete with MTC's RoundUp Ready glyphosate herbicide, thereby subverting agreements MTC made to supply glyphosate to competing companies, including DuPont Crop. ...