GMO Labeling

As I was walking through the store this week the label on the "Simply Orange' brand of juice caught my eye.  It was labeled Non-GMO.  This is certainly not a lie, but very misleading labeling because there is no such thing as GMO oranges.  They are trying to get people to buy their product or pay extra for it because of a misleading statement.  I saw their TV ad  a few days later and they were touting their honesty.  I do not consider this an honest way to sell a product. 

Further thought has lead me to consider that we may be better off if this type of labeling was regulated.  In the past, I have said that consumers should educate themselves and buy accordingly.  I think it might be better to have consistent standards rather than let companies mislead their potential customers. 

Crop Progress in Brazil

By Eduardo Paim

Here was a big concern for La Nina, but we are having good rains in Brazil in general, I believe we are calmer with the weather than we were 30 days ago. In Argentina, there are predictions of hot flashes starting on January 11.

Here in Brazil, at least for the time being, we have a very good climate for the development of soybeans, but for the second harvest corn there should be a reduction of planted area due to the delay in soybean planting.