A civil suit between Guar farmers and the company that purchases and markets their organic product, West Texas Guar, will enter the next step.
A new investor who was going to provide funding for the agreement didn’t get to invest on the July 15th deadline, pushing the case to a litigation.
Scopia Windmill, LP is not only filing a suit against West Texas but also for guar farmers who provided the corporation with crops. Scopia Windmill alleges its lien against West Texas Guar gives higher right to collections over growers who haven’t been paid for their previous crops.
An attorney representing the farmers, Fernando Bustos, indicates it’ll be a very long process and could take several years until a settlement is made. He went on to say that motions and hearing will begin soon which will include suits against Scopia in the following week.
At the time when the purchase was made by Scopia Windmill 2011, West Texas Guar was the only plant manufacturing guar within the country.
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