The delay is the result of an ongoing debate about the future of genetically modified sugar beet seeds, also known as “Roundup Ready” seeds. The debate began in January 2008 when the Center ...

A federal judge placed a temporary ban on Roundup Ready sugar beets, raising concerns about the future of southern Idaho's multi-million dollar sugar beet industry. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S.

Feelings Heading into the 2008 Sugarbeet Growing Season Despite being brand new to the sugarbeet industry, Roundup Ready beet seed was widely accepted by growers across the country. Growers had ...

Home gardeners seldom grow sugar beets, but the commercialization of Roundup Ready sugar beets could toss genetically engineered DNA into many a garden-fresh salad unless a lawsuit prevails.

Field scale production research on Roundup Ready sugarbeets, funded by the Beet Sugar Development Foundation, was conducted in Idaho in 2006. The next year, groups of farmers in Michigan ...

U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White Tuesday denied a request for a preliminary injunction against using Monsanto’s Roundup Ready sugar beet seed during the upcoming planting season.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture may deregulate Roundup Ready sugar beets, a move that would allow farmers to plant the genetically modified seeds without restriction. USDA officials recommended ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The U.S. Agriculture Department's decision to partially deregulate and allow planting of "Roundup ready" genetically modified sugar beets has been challenged again by the Center ...

about half of which comes from Roundup Ready sugar beets. The judge did not address the harvest of the current crop. Roundup Ready beet seed saves growers on labor, fuel costs and equipment wear.

FARGO -- The region's beet farmers don't want to hear it, but leaders of co-ops are spending time preparing them to imagine a world without Roundup Ready sugar beets, even while fighting to keep ...

The Sierra Club and Center for Food Safety filed the federal complaint last month in San Francisco, challenging the government's decision to allow planting of "Roundup ready" sugar beets. Monsanto ...