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Ag leaders take consumer concerns over G-M-O’s seriously

October 22, 1999 By admin

The leaders of two Iowa farm organizations concede consumer resistence togenetically-modified crops may force farmers to abandon so-called “G-M-O”grains. Iowa Farm Bureau President Ed Wiederstein (weed’-er-steen)says in this instance, the old adage that “the consumer is always right”must be taken into account.Iowa Farmers Union President John Whitaker agrees that science andtechnology changes everything.In the 1980s, some U-S consumers objected to a bovine growth hormone whichdramatically increased dairy production. In this decade, European consumersrefuse to buy food which is genetically-modified. Whitaker and Wiedersteinmade their comments during taping of the Iowa Public Television program,”Iowa Press.”

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