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Illinois farmers-Bio-corn growth could threaten EU sales (Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002 -- CropChoice news) -- U.S. plantings of new biotech corn varieties not approved by
the European Union should be avoided because it would threaten American
shipments, including $400 million worth of corn gluten, an Illinois farm
group declared yesterday.
The Illinois Farm Bureau's board of directors, meeting in Bloomington,
Ill., expressed "deep concern" that a likely increase in plantings next
year of genetically modified corn not approved by the EU could threaten
that market.
The EU currently has a moratorium on approvals of all new biotech products,
a position denounced by the United States.
The American Farm Bureau Federation, a national organization of U.S.
farmers, said Illinois is the only state farm bureau so far taking a
position against planting biotech corn not approved by the EU.
The AFBF, which generally supports biotech in agriculture, is pushing for
the Bush administration to file a World Trade Organization complaint
against the EU's moratorium on new biotech products.
Source: IATP, http://www.iatp.org
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