Illinois farmers-Bio-corn growth could threaten EU sales
Date: 26-Nov-02
Country: USA
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.