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Sugar beet growers don't understand GMO worries

by Annie Baxter

Aug 2, 2016

Big food manufacturers like Hershey's are saying they will start using non-GMO cane sugar instead of beet sugar.

Farmer Bill Hejl in Amenia, North Dakota says switching to genetically modified sugar beets has lowered his overall herbicide use and his carbon footprint, as he has to run machinery over his fields less often to manage weeds.

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