NORPAC

Workers at NORPAC Foods prepare onions for processing. Under a settlement deal, the cooperative will pay some compensation to member farms for crop deliveries.

 Capital Press File

Two Oregon farms are countersuing the former NORPAC cooperative for refusing to pay for 2019 crops after repeatedly assuring farmers they’d be reimbursed despite the processor’s bankruptcy.

Hopper Bros. of Woodburn and Kenagy Family Farm of Albany were among the growers sued by the cooperative last month for alleged breach of contract. They’ve now filed a court document that answers the cooperative’s lawsuit and includes counterclaims against the processor.

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