U.S. Allows Planting of Genetically Modified Sugar Beets By SCOTT KILMAN And BILL TOMSON The Agriculture Department, trying to avoid a shortage of U.S. sugar, said Friday it would allow U.S. farmers to resume planting the widely used genetically modified version of the sugar beet plant that a federal judge has effectively banned.... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704709304576124454083334630.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection