Ethanol industry leaders say a new biotech product that helps corn fight off pests could end up in exported animal feed and risk the industry's relationship with foreign markets.
At issue is the Agrisure RW corn rootworm trait developed by Syngenta Seeds Inc. The Renewable Fuels Association, a leading industry group, expressed its concerns over the product in a letter sent to Syngenta's seed executives that was obtained by The Associated Press.
The letter said the trait has not been approved for export markets but is being sold to growers in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin. The association said the trait could end up in exported distillers grains, a byproduct of ethanol production that is fed to livestock.
"There is a risk that the shipment would be rejected by the importing customer — permanently damaging the U.S. ethanol industry's relationships with these important markets," association President and CEO Bob Dinneen said in the letter sent Friday.
AP Whore Story
How could AMY LORENTZEN, Associated Press Writer and her editors who read and approved this story for publishing and not mention why the export markets don't want FrankenFood? Lorentzen doesn't write about why, how this crop might be bad for American consumers... There is no objection to this FrankenFood in America?
Why is the American media so incompetent and corrupt? Does Amy think Americans are stupid and don't notice her/editors/AP's bias?