Cl2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 11, 199 Corn Growers Meet With Glickman To Urge USDA To Abandon Terminator Technology WASHINGTON D.C The American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) met with Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman recently to encourage USDA to abandon the research and development of the “Terminator” technology. USDA holds a co-patent for this technology with Delta & Pine Land Company. Terminator is the name given to a genetic engineering tech nique that renders second gen eration seed sterile, preventing farmers from keeping back seed for the next growing season This technique forces farmers to purchase new seed every year In the meeting, the ACGA expressed disappointment that USDA would use public dollars to help develop a technology that is not in the best interest of nor benefit to production agri culture ‘‘The ACGA expects more from our department oi agricul ture We expect advocates for farmer rights and well being We expect partners working to expand our domestic and over seas markets. We expect a resource of valuable information that can make our farms more profitable We do not expect pub lic funding for research that makes seed sterile,” said Gary Goldberg, chief executive officer of the ACGA Among others joining the ACGA at the meeting with the secretary was the Rural Advancement Foundation Inter national-USA and the National Family Farm Coalition Collect ively, the following recommenda tions were made to the Secretary • USDA should cease negoti ations with Delta & Pine Land on the licensing of its jointly held patent and abandon all research on genetic seed steril ization, including research grants to university scientists • USDA should adopt a strict policy prohibiting the use of tax payer dollars to support genetic seed sterilization •USDA should use public research dollars to re-mvigorate public plant breeding for family farmers and sustainable agricul ture • USDA should insure that farmers and cititzens are involved in determining research priorities “Having a handful of biotech nology companies controlling the production and distribution of seed makes farmers hostage to the economic exploitation by this industry. 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