Brazil is losing its reputation as a non GM soybean producer

Introduction: US Agricultural Network March 21 news from Brazil shows that Brazil's soybean exports can no longer be labeled as "clean" non genetically modified products as in the past The so-called clean, that is to say, does not contain genetically modified products Although currently Brazil officially prohibits the planting of genetically modified soybeans, a Monsanto official said that many of the Soybeans Planted in Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil are the roundup ready genetically modified soybeans produced by the company An e-mail from a soybean grower in Brazil estimated that genetically modified soybeans have become popular in Rio Grande do Sul, accounting for more than 80 percent In fact, he believes that if the state government came forward in the past few years to ban the planting of genetically modified soybeans, it might not be so high But on the contrary, whether the federal government agrees or not to plant transgenic plants, there are more and more Crushing plants like GM soybeans because there are fewer impurities in each truck of soybeans Last year, there were also buyers who wanted to buy non GM soybeans, but they were not easy to buy Unofficially, the region's official seed producers estimate that 60% of South Rio Grande is genetically modified soybeans, far higher than last year's 30% In addition, Parana, Brazil's second-largest soybean producing state, has started to find genetically modified soybeans, but the proportion is much smaller At present, the market expects that Brazil's Congress will pass the genetically modified act, which requires a nationwide labeling system to isolate genetically modified and non genetically modified soybeans But the legislation was delayed because opponents of GMO protested (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: