ASHCROFT PRESSES EPA TO OK MORE PLANTING OF HIGH YIELD, PEST-RESISTANT CORN IN BOOTHEEL

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Ashcroft Presses EPA to OK More Planting Of High Yield, Pest- Resistant Corn in Bootheel

Decision by EPA Expected This Week

WASHINGTON - Corn farmers in the Missouri Bootheel should be free to make widespread use of a new, higher yield and pest-resistant corn, U.S. Senator John Ashcroft said today. At present, the Environmental Protection Agency limits use of the new hybrid to 5 percent of plantings. Free use of the new corn would boost yields and deliver ...

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