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BRAZIL – SOY CROP TO BE HALF GM
Brazil's 2006-07 soy crop to be 50% GMO
4 October 2006. Source: MarketWatch via BioNews Biotechnology Australia
Brazil's 2006-07 soy crop will be at least 50% transgenic, said Amelio Dall Agnol, a researcher at Brazil's top crop science institute, Embrapa.
In the 2005-06 crop, some 9 million hectares of genetically modified soybeans were planted out of a total 22 million. This season should see an additional 2 million hectares of genetically modified soy added, Agnol said, following last years ruling by the government that permitted GMO soy to be planted. Brazil soy growers are expected to plant under 21 million hectares of soy in the 2006-07 crop.
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