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Suit seeks to bar genetically modified sugar beets
By JEFF BARNARD Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 4:40 PM CST
PHILOMATH, Ore. (AP) - Organic farmers fear this year's spring breezes will be carrying pollen from genetically altered sugar beets, which they say could render their crops worthless, and they hope to persuade a federal judge this week to halt the plantings nationwide.
Experts and industry groups say such an injunction could jeopardize U.S. sugar supplies, about half of which comes from the biotech beets planted on more than 1 million acres in 10 states stretching from Michigan to Oregon.
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