Iowa Corn’s Position on Biotechnology

The Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) and Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB) believe biotechnology is an important tool for agriculture but also recognize that using biotechnology involves many individual decisions. Biotechnology must be well-managed, with clear, practical rules.

That is why the ICGA has pressured the government agencies who regulate biotechnology not to permit the sale of new varieties of biotech corn seed unless they are determined to be safe and are approved for all uses – livestock feeding, industrial products and human food.