12-28 FB Business Review

 Roundup Ready sugar beets in 2011 threatened. What’s gonna happen in the world of genetically altered wheat, beef, dairy. I’m DS

Genetic engineering has become a part of the agriculture industry. From grains to fish, the types of changes in the gene have created larger harvest for farmers and producers. Recent court decisions threaten the income to farmers. Entire industries could be held hostage while “non” genetically altered seeds are produced. What are the dangers posed by the court challenges? What are other products that might be effected in the future? At what point does law and agriculture collide? These are all subjects that are important enough that the Idaho Business Review recently put a symposium together about. Here’s Rob Hicken, Editor of the Business Review: “Due to the U.S. Supreme Court decision on genetically modified beets, we thought what is the future of science and agriculture. If they’re gonna start taking it to the supreme court and ruling against us, then what?”