date:Feb 26, 2014
Agricultural companies are giving a lack of approval in export markets as a reason for not accepting products with a bioengineered corn trait from Syngenta. The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved the trait, Agrisure Duracade, about a year ago.
Archer Daniels Midland Co., Decatur, Ill., will not accept any commodity that contains the new corn trait until key export markets approve the corn trait, an ADM spokesperson said Feb. 24. Bunge Ltd., White Plains, N.Y., has told its farmer customers