Wheat 180 Concerned that wheat modified using biotech would cause the collapse of U.S. wheat’s overseas markets, growers wrote a policy in 2008 (later amended) that required approval of the trait in major wheat markets before domestic production could occur. It contained other burdensome restrictions such as segregation to ensure continued marketing of non-transgenic wheat. However, U.S. wheat production and exports have continued to decline under these policies. Transgenic corn and soybean production has expanded in previous wheat production areas that have sufficient moisture. This has left wheat production in the driest of areas and drought as the largest threat to the industry.  Faced with these realities, the U.S. wheat in...

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