Paul Byrd, an attorney with Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton announces in this 2006 file photo that several Arkansas rice farmers are filing suit against several affiliates of Bayer AG. Behind Byrd are Arkansas rice farmers Randy Schafer, Robert Hillman, Robert Morey and James Gosney. ( Karen E. Segrave

BayerCrop Science and thousands of rice farmers, including many in Arkansas, have settled a long-running legal battle over rice contamination for more than $750 million, a news release from the Hare, Wynn, Newell and Newton law firm said Friday afternoon.

German-based Bayer announced in 2006 genetically modified rice it had been testing was found in the U.S. rice supply.

Long-grain rice producers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas who planted rice from 2006-2010 are covered by the settlement.

Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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