Selling U.S. soybeans means selling biotech
USB’s Biotechnology Initiative breaks down barriers
It may be hard to believe, but biotechnology isn’t always well understood. And that lack of understanding sometimes turns into active opposition that can block the sale of U.S. soy in some countries.
The farmer-leaders of the United Soybean Board (USB) identified biotechnology as a priority in 2009, as new biotech varieties inched closer to commercialization. That’s how the checkoff’s Biotechnology Initiative came about.
In the photo, USB farmer-leaders Keith Kemp (in red shirt, fifth from right) and Jared Hagert (in green ...
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