National Corn Growers Association President Tom Haag sat down with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Friday during Commodity Classic. Haag, who farms at Eden Valley, Minnesota, thanked Vilsack for his leadership on the Mexico GMO corn issue. “It was his strong voice that helped get USTR (U.S. Trade Representative’s Office) pushing and we needed this push to get this done.” Mexico is responsible for 25 percent of U.S. corn exports. The U.S. is calling for formal negotiations with Mexico on the proposed ban. That kicked off a 30-day window for a response. “The Mexican government has to decide which way they want to go; are they going to start accepting our scientific data or do they want to go a lawsuit?”
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