Monsanto Screws Farmers — Again! About 50% of the U.S. wheat crop is exported, and in Oregon, about 90% of all wheat is sent overseas. But there is no country willing to import genetically-modified wheat from the United States. So it should come as no surprise that when the news broke of this rogue genetically-modified wheat strain, some countries shut down U.S. wheat imports immediately. South Korea and Japan are the first, though I expect there will be more, which is certainly going to severely impact this $8 billion wheat export business. What a catastrophic mess. As columnist Mike Adams recently pointed out, Monsanto is a ticking time bomb for U.S. agriculture: This proves, without any question, that Monsanto’s genetic experiments which “escaped” into commercial wheat fields are now going to devastate U.S. wheat farmers. Expect the floor to drop out on wheat prices, and watch for a huge backlash against the USDA by U.S. farmers who stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars on this. As the USDA has now admitted, Monsanto’s GMO experiments from 1998 — 2005 were held in open wheat fields. The genetically engineered wheat escaped and found its way into commercial wheat fields in Oregon (and possibly 15 other states), causing self-replicating genetic pollution that now taints the entire U.S. wheat industry. Of course, the USDA is looking into it. Which basically means nothing with happen, and no one will be forced to take responsibility for potentially gutting wheat exports and poisoning our food supply
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 06:15:55 +0000
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