Four mills in Germany have been fined a total of 65 million euros for fixing the price and quantity of flour over a seven year period.
The Bundeskartellamt, Germany's competition regulator, has concluded its
cartel proceedings and imposed
fines of approximately 41 million euros on 22 companies, the association of
German mills (Verband Deutscher Mühlen e.V.) and their
representatives. A first fine of approximately 24 million euros had already
been imposed in the same proceeding in October 2011.
The Mosanto legal battle over its patent for Roundup Ready looks sets to reach the Brazilian Supreme Court. The company has announced plans to file an immediate appeal of a recent
ruling by a single judge of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice,
relating to the company's request for term correction of a patent
covering its soybean product.
Wheat Quality Council annual meeting
Participants from wheat–growing states gathered in Kansas City, Missouri last week to hold their annual meeting and technical conference. In addition to the annual review of new wheat lines submitted for testing from three wheat classes – hard winters, hard springs and eastern softs, a forum was held with a variety of interesting spears. Author Noel Vietmeyer discussed his book Our Daily Bread, which highlights the life of agronomist Norman Borlaug. Bikram Gill, Ph.D., Kansas State University, delivered a presentation on 'Mapping the Wheat Genome – What Does This Really Mean'. Keynote speaker Heidi Nebel, and attorney with McKee, Vorhees and Pease of Des Moines, Iowa gave an interesting talk on patent law considerations related to genetic modification of any edible plant.
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