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Sep 10, 2015
Members of the American Soybean Association’s (ASA) Biotechnology Working Group met in Minneapolis, Minn. this week to discuss key developments and regulatory issues facing the industry. The meeting was held in conjunction with the U.S. Global Trade Exchange.
The Biotechnology Working Group brings grower-leaders from ASA, United Soybean Board (USB) and U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) together twice a year to engage in dialogue about emerging technologies, the pace of worldwide biotech approvals, stewardship plans for upcoming commercial launches and other issues surrounding the use and introduction of new biotech seed traits.
In addition to individual biotech trait company consultations with soybean farmers, plans for upcoming U.S.-China Biotech Planning Meetings were reviewed in advance of the U.S. visit by China’s President Xi Jinping, where the need for China to make specific systemic reforms to their biotech regulatory policy will be stressed.
