Byron Dorgan: “What farmers are upset about is the following. We see Canadian grain coming into our country. It is treated with their…”

“What farmers are upset about is the following. We see Canadian grain coming into our country. It is treated with their chemicals but their chemicals are deemed unfit here, not because it has the wrong ingredient or it would be unhealthy for us. It is just the way it is labeled in order to prevent it from being sold in this country. On the chemical Liberty for use in canola, there is a $4.40 per-acre price difference between the United States and Canada for essentially the same chemical. On Glyphosate, commonly known as Roundup, there is only about a $2 per-acre price differential; On a chemical Puma, $11 million more to apply just for North Dakota farmers. The chemical Stinger, which is sold as Lontrel in Canada--both are similar pesticides, use the same active ingredient--there is almost a $10 per-acre difference between the chemicals. That is what upsets farmers. They see that they can't buy the nearly identical chemicals for $10 an acre less, but they see the grain come in from Canada that has been treated with the same chemical.”