Syngenta files suit against Bunge over corn trait

In Minnesota, Syngenta filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa against Bunge North America, alleging that Bunge is attempting to block the legal merchandising of the Agrisure Viptera trait

The trait provides control of 14 insects including corn borer, corn rootworm and the multi-pest complex, a collection of insects that cost American corn growers more than $1.1 billion annually in lost yield and grain quality.  The trait became commercially available to U.S. corn growers for 2011 planting.