date:Apr 18, 2014
A pair of economic analyses issued April 16 by the National Grain and Feed Association (N.G.F.A.) estimated that up to $2.9 billion in economic losses have been sustained by the U.S. corn, distillers grains and soy sectors in the aftermath of the enforcement of a zero-tolerance policy on Syngentas Agrisure Viptera MIR 162 corn technology in U.S. export shipments to China, where the trait has not been approved for import as food or feed.
According to a second N.G.F.A. analysis, U.S. growers, gra