PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission has suspended the license of a seed company that officials believe has failed to pay farmers $2.6 million for sunflowers delivered to the company's operation in Redfield.
Commission officials say Minnesota-based Anderson Seeds did not object to the suspension of its license.
Jim Mehlhaff, director of the commission's grain warehouse division, says farmers have complained in recent weeks that Anderson Seeds has failed to pay them for grain.
The commission also directed its staff to conduct a full audit of Anderson Seeds, determine what happened and assess the company's current financial situation.
PUC Chairman Chris Nelson says the commission will do all it can to help farmers recover losses.
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