Environmentalists have challenged genetically modified seed, but producers are using it anyway.
The USDA came up with a stopgap solution in February: partial deregulation of sugar beets that have been engineered to be resistant to Monsanto's Roundup herbicide. In other words, beet growers could plant Roundup Ready seeds under certain conditions, including closely monitoring their crops.
But Earthjustice and the Center for Food Safety, groups opposing genetically modified seed, are continuing their court battle, trying to overturn the USDA's partial deregulation.
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