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1:51 pm
Tue February 19, 2013

Supreme Court Seems Ready To Side With Monsanto In Soybean Patent Case

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Indiana farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman.
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Updated on Tuesday, February 19, at 6:10 p.m. to add quote from Bowman.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a legal battle between St. Louis-based Monsanto and a 75-year-old Indiana farmer.

The case revolves around whether Vernon Hugh Bowman violated Monsanto's patent rights when he bought seeds from a grain elevator and planted them.

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3:28 am
Mon February 18, 2013

Farmer's Fight With Monsanto Reaches The Supreme Court

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Vernon Hugh Bowman lives outside the small town of Sandborn, Ind.
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Bowman bought ordinary soybeans from this small grain elevator and used them for seed.
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Nels Kasey, co-owner of Great Heart Seed, with some of his company's soybean varieties.
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Originally published on Mon February 18, 2013 7:35 pm

This week, the Supreme Court will take up a classic David-and-Goliath case. On one side, there's a 75-year-old farmer in Indiana named Vernon Hugh Bowman; on the other, the agribusiness giant Monsanto.

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