A federal judge in Delaware ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service should not have permitted growinggenetically modified crops in a national wildlife refuge. The judge said the agency should have run studies to determine whether farming with such crops was compatible with habitat preservation. Farming with genetically modified crops is common on other refuge lands, including the Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge along the Missouri River, with hundreds of acres of genetically modified soybeans and corn planted; and Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Southern Illinois with more than 2,000 acres in engineered crops paydayloans. The case had added implications in the St. Louis region because most genetically modified crops are sold or licensed by Monsanto Co. of Creve Coeur. =”clear:both”>
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