A state appeals court ruled and a judge dismissed a central Wisconsin farm’s lawsuit seeking to recover thousands of dollars in crop losses from an insurance company because the suit was filed days after a deadline. According to court records, Bronsteatter & Sons Inc., a farm near Merrill, Wisconsin, reported to police on June 3, 2002, that its 12-row corn planter was vandalized and a device that regulated the flow of liquid fertilizer to two rows was damaged. The farm claimed that the damage resulted in those rows being overfertilized, which killed the germinating seeds.