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Genetically engineered sugar beets destroyed in southern Oregon [1]

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Submitted by Silver on Fri, 06/21/2013 - 14:33

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The Oregonian, By: Kimberly A.C. Wilson, 06/20/2013

 

Federal investigators are asking the public to help solve middle-of-the-night crimes that left ruined fields of genetically engineered sugar beets in rural Jackson County. The crop destruction took place over the course of two separate nights in early June, when an unknown individual or group destroyed about 6,500 sugar beet plants genetically engineered to stand up to the herbicide Roundup on a pair of privately-owned plots of land leased and managed by Syngenta.

 

For more on this story visit www.oregonlive.com [2]

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  • Monsanto [4]
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  • crops [6]
  • Oregon [7]
  • June 2013 [8]

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[2] http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/06/genetically_engineered_sugar_b.html
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