“We are seeing more interest in growing non-GMO soybeans,” says Mark
Albertson, director of marketing, Illinois Soybean Association.<\/p>\n
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… Albertson
has talked to several farmers who haven’t grown non-GMO soybeans in
eight years, but will this year because of the premiums.<\/p>\n
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Grain
companies large and small are contracting farmers to grow non-GMO. “We
called all the companies buying non-GMO, and about one-half of them had
enough acres,” Albertson said.<\/p>\n
The reasons run the gamut from farmer anger at Monsanto’s price increases for its GM seed and its RoundUp pesticide to the recognition that the rise of resistant weeds<\/a> have reduced the rationale for going GM in the first place to another kind of increasing resistance—among consumers towards GM foods.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Of course, it’s entirely possible that this is a blip and not a trend—we won’t even know for certain that total planted acres of GM soybeans have declined until later this year. Still, when you combine this news with the Justice Department’s active antitrust investigation into Monsanto<\/a>, you may legitimately conclude that the tide may be close to turning against the biotechnology giant.<\/p>\n Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n Study suggests junk food taxes may beat healthy food subsidies<\/a><\/p>\n Tracking down the public-health implications of nitrogen pollution<\/a><\/p>\n
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