You quoted some extension personnel from a local farming list:
> "First off, Roundup ready corn is approved for any use in the United
> States. The problem comes in when you sell that corn and it winds up
> mixed in an export shipment to Europe, Japan or Canada...
> So, you need to check with your elevator for their policy...
> you need to maintain adequate separation between any Roundup Ready
> fields and cash grain fields destined for sale to exporters..."
I snipped out lots of similar common sense material
> The unfortunate truth of the matter is that farmers listen
> to extension offices. Why this is, I do not know.
> It will not be the ag agents sitting at the farm with no
> place to dump GE corn this fall...ABSOLUTELY NOW is THE...
I'm kind of mystified by your reaction. Mainly they were urging farmers to
be careful and avoid contamination. What exactly did you disagree with in
that posting?
Dale
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