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As a result of the ruling, experts now predict that the nation’s sugar beet acreage could plummet by as much as 37 percent, causing total sugar production to fall by 1.6 million tons of refined sugar.
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Last week, he actually issued an order requiring that 256 acres of sugar beet crop be ripped up from the soil and destroyed. Not content with merely preserving the status quo, Judge White is now at it again.
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District Judge Jeffrey White agreed with the plaintiffs and ordered USDA to prepare a full EIS. Once Roundup Ready beets were introduced to the market, the nation’s sugar beet farmers liked the alternative so much they quickly abandoned conventional sugar beet seed, giving the herbicide-resistant seed a near total share of the sugar beet market.īut anti-biotech activist group Center for Food Safety soon filed suit against USDA, alleging that its EA was inadequate under NEPA and demanding a full environmental impact statement (EIS).
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Accordingly, the agency approved Roundup Ready beets for marketing and distribution in March 2005. After years of field testing, USDA conducted an environmental assessment (EA) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and determined that Roundup Ready beets would not have a significant impact on the environment.