June 11, 2026
A group of farmers have asked a North Carolina federal judge to preliminarily approve an $85 million settlement with Corteva Inc. to resolve antitrust claims that the company used loyalty rebate programs to artificially extend their patent monopolies over certain pesticides.
May 29, 2026
Corteva Inc. is nearing a settlement in a proposed class action by farmers over a pesticide rebate program, that is also being challenged by federal enforcers, that allegedly paid distributors not to carry cheaper generic rivals.
December 10, 2025
Pesticide companies Syngenta and Corteva are facing damages claims of more than $1.2 billion and $883 million claim, respectively, according to class certification bids filed by farmers looking to represent the hundreds of thousands of pesticide buyers allegedly harmed by rebate programs that paid distributors to forgo cheaper generics.
January 29, 2025
A North Carolina federal court has cut one set of federal antitrust claims from a suit brought by farmers accusing major pesticide manufacturers Syngenta AG and Corteva Inc. of blocking competition but allowed a slew of other claims to proceed.