Peach farmer is awarded $265million from chemical giants Bayer and BASF after weedkiller drifted on to his 1,000-acre orchards and killed his crops

By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline and Afp

08:26 17 Feb 2020, updated 16:58 17 Feb 2020

Bill Bader, a peach farmer from Missouri, sued chemical firms for crop damage

He claimed weedkiller dicamba drifted from neighboring farms on to his own

Neighboring farms had bought seeds that were resistant to the weedkiller meaning their plants survived, but his were 'irreparably damaged'

Jury awarded $250m in punitive damages, on top of $15m in compensation

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