Corn industry leaders from the United States, Brazil, and Argentina belong to a group called MAIZALL. It is an opportunity to work together to deal with non-tariff trade barriers, such as biotechnology. Minnesota farmer Chad Willis is a past chair of the U.S. Grains Council and said progress is being made on the GMO issue. “It’s a slow process to get acceptance but we just let them know that all three countries do produce GMO corn and how safe it is,” said Willis. “There are a lot of questions when we are traveling about safety and we let them know that we feed it to our families. We know the scientific facts and we’re not afraid of it.”
