USDA Authorizes Spring Planting of Genuity Roundup Ready Sugar Beets (MON)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has authorized spring planting of Genuity Roundup Ready sugar beets. Last year Monsanto Company MON and KWS SAAT AG petitioned USDA to act with interim measures so farmers could continue to grow Roundup Ready sugar beets while USDA completes an Environmental Impact Statement.