DARK Act

The Senate last week refused to pass the bill offered and backed by Pat Roberts of Kansas that would essentially have killed the GMO labeling movement in the states. Minnesota's two Senators, to their shame, both favored the bill, but both were eventually persuaded to change their votes and send the bill to defeat.  This is a major victory for us here at Pastures A Plenty, if it holds, because now we will be able to get to a time when we can require our occasional suppliers of pigs to feed non gmo rations.  This was difficult to do given the hoops we had to jump through and the premiums to be paid to make our own pigs gmo free.  Those premiums should be narrowing now as we go into a future where the elevators and feed mills discover that yes indeed, they can find the time and the bin space to segregate the grains, in view of the growing interest in sourcing non-gmo feeds.  Big battles are usually won in little steps!  Monsanto's lock on seed corn just got a little less tight, as farmers discover they can save big dollars on seed and perhaps access a premium by simply beginning to once again manage their own crops.