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Source: Bill Tomson, AGRI-PULSE, 8/4/16
The U.S. Wheat Associates is hopeful there will be no business lost and only minor trade delays after a Washington state farmer found 22 unapproved genetically modified plants growing in a field last week, a USW spokesman said. USDA officials confirmed that Japan and South Korea have suspended new purchases of U.S. wheat after the discovery, but USW spokesman Steve Mercer said Thursday that U.S. farmers likely won't lose any sales. For more of this story, click here.
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