Judge sets mediation for black farmers’ dispute with seed company
Appearing outside the federal building Thursday are, from left, Thomas Burrell, president of the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association, Bishop David Allen Hall, and their attorneys, Paul Robinson, right, and Gerard Stranch, second from right. (Wayne Risher/Daily Memphian)
A federal judge in Memphis Thursday ordered a mediation period in black farmers' lawsuit alleging they were sold defective soybean seeds as part of a racially motivated conspiracy.
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agriculture Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association lawsuit soybean seeds Stine Seed Co.Wayne Risher
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