German seeds and agrotech group Bayer CropScience Ltd, which has been asked by the Bombay High Court to compensate a group of farmers in Maharashtra for supplying inferior Bt cotton seeds, plans to challenge the order, claiming that bad climate and poor crop management were responsible for the farmers’ losses. The aggrieved farmers have claimed that the seeds they bought from the company were of bad quality and that this was proved by an inspection of the agriculture department of Maharashtra government.