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2007-02-08 | permalink
U.S. sugar beet industry to take Roundup Ready leap
Lee Sanders, senior vice president for the American Bakers Association, said she found out only a month ago that the U.S. sugar beet industry was set to begin planting Roundup Ready sugar beets. The lack of attention paid to the industry"s action is in stark contrast to what has occurred with wheat, despite the fact both commodities are used as ingredients in making bread. Sanders was speaking at the Joint Biotech Committee of U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers, where she went over a survey indicating higher-income males from the South were least resistant to genetically modified wheat while lower-income females from the West were most concerned. As for sugar, there was no usage information.
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2007-02-08 | permalink
U.S. sugar beet industry to take Roundup Ready leap
Lee Sanders, senior vice president for the American Bakers Association, said she found out only a month ago that the U.S. sugar beet industry was set to begin planting Roundup Ready sugar beets. The lack of attention paid to the industry"s action is in stark contrast to what has occurred with wheat, despite the fact both commodities are used as ingredients in making bread. Sanders was speaking at the Joint Biotech Committee of U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers, where she went over a survey indicating higher-income males from the South were least resistant to genetically modified wheat while lower-income females from the West were most concerned. As for sugar, there was no usage information.
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