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2009-10-07 | permalink
U.S. GE sugar beet growers pin hopes on winning legal battle
Northwest sugar beet farmers still hope to grow Roundup Ready varieties next season even though a court ruling casts doubt on the future of the genetically modified crop. Nearly all sugar beets grown in Idaho and Eastern Oregon this year were Roundup Ready varieties and farmers aren’t making any plans to go back to conventional seed, industry officials said.
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2009-10-07 | permalink
U.S. GE sugar beet growers pin hopes on winning legal battle
Northwest sugar beet farmers still hope to grow Roundup Ready varieties next season even though a court ruling casts doubt on the future of the genetically modified crop. Nearly all sugar beets grown in Idaho and Eastern Oregon this year were Roundup Ready varieties and farmers aren’t making any plans to go back to conventional seed, industry officials said.
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