Iowa co-op looking for more acres of non-GMO soybeans

Landus Cooperative may not have reached all the acres targeted for its 2017 non-GMO soybean program, but 2018 could see a doubling of non-GMO soybean volume, according to Brett Bell, Landus’ chief operating officer.

"We did not get all the acres we wanted, but sign-up was pretty good considering how late in the marketing year we started looking," Bell said.

Several challenges

Several factors affected 2017 sign-up, according to Bell.

"When we launched our effort it, was late in the marketing year, and we knew that. It...