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2007-02-07 |

South Dakota (USA) afalfa regulation bill fails

South Dakota legislators rejected a bill Tuesday that would have made it illegal to raise or sell Roundup Ready Alfalfa in the state. Those who want to prohibit the genetically altered, herbicide-resistant crop from being grown throughout South Dakota said it threatens to cross pollinate and ruin the purity of common strains of alfalfa.

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2007-02-07 |

South Dakota (USA) afalfa regulation bill fails

South Dakota legislators rejected a bill Tuesday that would have made it illegal to raise or sell Roundup Ready Alfalfa in the state. Those who want to prohibit the genetically altered, herbicide-resistant crop from being grown throughout South Dakota said it threatens to cross pollinate and ruin the purity of common strains of alfalfa.

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