British Beef Association Urges GM in Cereal Tool Kit

Genetically modified (GM) crops must become part of the cereals sector tool kit. The National Beef Association (NBA) in Britain called on Europe to abandon its resistance to GM crops in the light of increased global food requirements and declining domestic animal production.

 “Full use of modern technology is essential if more farmers are to be able to grow more food crops on the increasingly limited area of agricultural land that is available,” said NBA chairman, Duff Burrell. “The European Commission must accept that opposition to GM technology lacks logic and agree that the GM import issue needs an urgent solution because a massive rise in EU and UK livestock feed prices, and a corresponding reduction in livestock population, can only be avoided by quickly clearing the backlog of GM importation approvals.”

See NBA's press release at http://www.nationalbeefassociation.com/