For the Treasure Valley's sugar beet growers, spring is a race to get their crop in the ground before it gets too dry - and dry came early this year.
So Steve Martineau has already started planting his 25 fields south of Nampa.
All of Martineau's seed - and most of the seed grown in the United States - has been genetically engineered to tolerate the application of Monsanto's popular weed killer, Roundup. The "Roundup Ready" seed he's planting this spring was planted itself in November 2008.
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