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Additional Imports On April 10, USDA issued its most important supply and demand estimate of the year. Once this estimate is finalized, USDA typically uses this information to make a decision on any additional imports from our foreign suppliers. 4 Comments This Issue's Topics Include: Roundup Ready Lawsuit ~ Crop Insurance ~ 2010 Elections
Roundup Ready Lawsuit On January 19, the plaintiffs in the Roundup Ready® lawsuit asked the U.S. District Court (9th Circuit) for a preliminary injunction to stop the “further planting, cultivation, processing, or other use of Roundup Ready sugar beets or sugar beet seeds, including the flowering of any sugar beet seed crop, until the environmental impact statement (‘EIS’) has been completed and finally approved as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (‘NEPA’)”. They have requested a March 5 date for Judge Jeffrey White to hear their argument. |   Luther Markwart
Luther Markwart, author of Dateline Washington, is executive vice president of the American Sugarbeet Growers Association.
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