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USA – GRAIN HANDLING STUDY
November 2006. Source: ISB News Report
http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2006/artspdf/nov0606.pdf
New Study Addresses Handling GM/Non-GM Grain
A study released by North Dakota State University, “Marketing Mechanisms to Facilitate Co-existence of GM and Non-GM Crops”, analyzes data collected from a survey of grain elevators in the Upper Midwest, looking at the practices, time requirements, and costs of segregating genetically-modified grain from non GM grain. Authors are Benjamin Henry, William Wilson, and Bruce Dahl of the NDSU Department of Agricultural Economics. They say that the development of GM and specialty crops has had a great impact on the grain handling industry during recent years, and that added costs associated with handling these crops have become an important issue for grain handlers.
The entire report can be found online as a PDF at http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/detailview.pl?paperid=23903.
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