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Market Choices

ImageGrain harvested from products that bear this mark is fully approved for food and feed use in the United States and Japan, but is not approved in the European Union.

You must find a market for this crop that will not ship this grain or its processed products to Europe.Appropriate markets for this grain include: domestic feed use or handlers that specifically agree to accept this grain and handle it appropriately.

For more information on your grain market options, go to the American Seed Trade Association website or call your seed supplier.

Market Choices is a certification mark used under license from the ASTA.

Know Before You Grow, an information service provided by the National Corn Growers Association

IMPORTANT:  The following information is current as of May 31st 2007:  YieldGard Plus, YieldGard Rootworm with Roundup Ready Corn 2 and YieldGard Corn Borer with Roundup Ready Corn 2 are grandfathered for import and use in processed feed in the E.U.  YieldGard Plus with Roundup Ready Corn 2, YieldGard VT Rootworm/RR2 and YieldGard VT Triple are neither approved nor grandfathered and there is zero tolerance for these traits in processed feed imported in the E.U.  Growers of all products bearing the Market Choices mark must talk to their grain handler to confirm the handler's buying position for grain from these products.  It is a violation of national and international law to move material containing biotech traits across boundaries into nations where import is not permitted.