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GMO Reorder; Miscellaneous; Media Mutters

An Australian court has issued a decision regarding an organic farmer's charge against a neighboring GMO producer's  cultivation practices. GMO Reorder An Australian court has decided that a GMO farmer is not obligated to alter normal cultivation practices just because the farmer next door is putting land to an abnormally sensitive use such as organic production. The Australian Court of Appeal ruled that the organic farmer was essentially seeking to enlarge his own rights while imposing limits on neighboring farmers. Miscellaneous Policy Developments The U.S. Department of Commerce determined that high countervailing and antidumping duties should be placed on sugar imports from Mexico. However, the U.S. International Trade Commissi...

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