Questions still abundant with issue on Nebraska horizon
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An issue that started formulating in 2020 has risen to the attention of the agriculture world in the United States yet again.
An issue that started formulating in 2020 has risen to the attention of the agriculture world in the United States yet again.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has issued a decree to ban the imports of genetically modified corn for human consumption in Mexico by January of 2024.
This has raised warning flags for many of the ag groups across the US, including the Nebraska Corn Growers Association, the Nebraska Corn Board and the Nebraska Farm Bureau.
“Starting in 2020, Mexico published a decree saying that they were wanting to phase out genetically modified, GMO, corn,” said Nebraska Farm Bureau president and Hamilton County resident Mark McHargue. “It appears that that included all imports of GMO corn. It wasn’t overly clear. That went out and we thought that’d be pretty significant.”
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