date:Jun 07, 2013
Argentina has sent its first major cargo of genetically modified (GMO) corn to China, where demand for grain-based animal feeds is growing as the country's emerging middle class adds more meat to their diet, Argentina's corn chamber said on Thursday.
The South American country is the world's No. 3 corn exporter. But by last Sunday, when the shipment left the Southern Atlantic port of Bahia Blanca, it had never sent a major cargo of GMO corn to China for fear of rejection at port.
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