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Monsanto sues over fugitive seeds

Chemical giant Monsanto has spent years developing "Roundup-Ready Grain" -- specifically canola seeds that aren't killed by herbicide -- and charges farmers $15 an acre roualties to plant it. They also require farmers to buy new seed every year, rather than simply saving seeds from the previous year's crop. But when some of these seeds blew on to Percy Schmeiser's farm in Canada, Monsanto sued Schmeiser over it. The Canada Supreme Court ruled for Monsanto in that they said Schmeiser couldn't use the seeds, but they said that Schmeiser did not have to pay hundreds of dollars in Monsanto's court costs.

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