China rejects tons of American GMO corn.....

http://naturalsociety.com/biotech-outraged-china-rejects-several-billion-tons-gmo-corn/

Those who grew MIR 162 were assured by Syngenta that China had already approved the corn before they even started growing it. Obviously this is not the case, since China has refused several billion tons of GM corn coming from the US already. Syngenta claims the current lawsuits directed against them by US farmers are baseless. Minehart says that he will make an official announcement when China does approve the crop for import.
If China does indeed approve the GM corn, it would reverse a decision to refuse shipments since November of 2013. It is still not understood whether the commentary by Syngenta represents wishful thinking, or an actual break-through to China’s officials concerning the approval of their MIR 162 product. Syngenta has waited four years thus far for approval.

TEOTWAWKI wrote:http://naturalsociety.com/biotech-outraged-china-rejects-several-billion-tons-gmo-corn/

Those who grew MIR 162 were assured by Syngenta that China had already approved the corn before they even started growing it. Obviously this is not the case, since China has refused several billion tons of GM corn coming from the US already. Syngenta claims the current lawsuits directed against them by US farmers are baseless. Minehart says that he will make an official announcement when China does approve the crop for import.
If China does indeed approve the GM corn, it would reverse a decision to refuse shipments since November of 2013. It is still not understood whether the commentary by Syngenta represents wishful thinking, or an actual break-through to China’s officials concerning the approval of their MIR 162 product. Syngenta has waited four years thus far for approval.

Another interesting paragraph from that report:

Quite possibly, like Russia, China has realized that GM crops are toxic, and don’t wish to import more of them into their food supply.

Cargill Inc and Archer Daniels Midland Co, along with dozens of U.S. farmers have sued Syngenta for selling MIR 162 corn without obtaining import approval from China, one of the major buyers for US grown corn.

In April 2014, the National Grain and Feed Association estimated that farmers would lose at least $1 billion in the refusal of MIR 162 corn shipments to China.



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From what I can gather these GMO grains have been genetically modified so they now basically contain the pesticide to protect them while they grow. Farmers don't have to spray their crops. Sounds good but now the corn contains chemicals that cattle or humans may eat. Does not sound good. We need labeling so at least we know what we're buying.

The corn crops have been remarkable. Drought.....near record crops........wet spring......near record crops. The Agricultural sector is kicking butt, and feeding the world. No where in the world can the productivity be matched than in the American midwest. This argument has been made for fifteen years and exports have boomed during this period. In France, the farmers tried to ban anything from the US by any means, but in the end the productivity and costs of the American farm blows away competition, and lo and behold our corn is sold. However, without the ethanol subsidy, like the oil abundance which is impacting price, corn prices will greatly be reduced. Ethanol makes no sense for America generally, but is a cash cow for American grain farmers.