Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc. v. Simmons

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS, INC., ) f/k/a CROP PRODUCTION ) SERVICES, INC. ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CASE NO. 2:19-CV-614-WKW ) [WO] FRANKLIN BRUCE SIMMONS, III, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Franklin Bruce Simmons, III, has been farming for three decades. In 2018, he moved his farming operations from Ohio to Alabama and settled on more than a thousand acres in Montgomery County. He had high hopes for a high soybean yield, but unseasonably rainy weather at harvest time ruined most of his crop.…