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2009-09-28 | permalink
U.S. growers vow to fight GMO beet ban
Judge orders detailed studies on effects
of Roundup Ready varieties
Commercial sugar beet growers aren’t going to give up Roundup Ready varieties without a fight, industry officials said after a federal judge overturned the USDA’s approval of the genetically modified crop. ”Our growers will vigorously defend their desire and their right to plant Roundup Ready beets,” said Luther Markwart, executive vice president of the American Sugarbeet Growers Association. ”We will fight vigorously to do that.”
- Capital Press, USA: Growers vow to fight GMO beet ban
- The Big Money, USA: Beet ban coming?
- Law.com, USA: Monsanto loses ruling over genetically altered beets
- Statement by the Sugar Industry Biotech Council, USA: Statement by the Sugar Industry Biotech Council on U.S. District Court Decision
- Monsanto, USA: Genuity™ Roundup Ready® Sugarbeets
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2009-09-28 | permalink
U.S. growers vow to fight GMO beet ban
Judge orders detailed studies on effects
of Roundup Ready varieties
Commercial sugar beet growers aren’t going to give up Roundup Ready varieties without a fight, industry officials said after a federal judge overturned the USDA’s approval of the genetically modified crop. ”Our growers will vigorously defend their desire and their right to plant Roundup Ready beets,” said Luther Markwart, executive vice president of the American Sugarbeet Growers Association. ”We will fight vigorously to do that.”
- Capital Press, USA: Growers vow to fight GMO beet ban
- The Big Money, USA: Beet ban coming?
- Law.com, USA: Monsanto loses ruling over genetically altered beets
- Statement by the Sugar Industry Biotech Council, USA: Statement by the Sugar Industry Biotech Council on U.S. District Court Decision
- Monsanto, USA: Genuity™ Roundup Ready® Sugarbeets
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