Farmers leaving GMO for economic reasons

Fusion_power · February 6, 2014

http://www.wakingtimes.com/2014/02/0...will-surprise/

Interesting read. GMO corn is now less effective because the pests and weeds have adapted. Combined with the high price of GMO seed, this tilts the pendulum in favor of traditional non-gmo seed. Note that the non-gmo seed is still hybrid seed, not open pollinated. There are some glitches in this article around the use of herbicides. What it does not say but has to mean is that they are using pre-plant herbicides as in non-roundup herbicides to control weeds. This also means heavier reliance on neonicotinoid pesticides which is a huge negative for beekeepers.

If you read through the industry news, Monsanto has a case of blue funk about the situation and is attempting to integrate even more disease, pest, and herbicide tolerant genes into their products. They see the writing on this wall.

Here is another article about chinese theft of seed technology.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/us...e-efforts.html

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Fusion_power Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,250	Farmers leaving GMO for economic reasons http://www.wakingtimes.com/2014/02/0...will-surprise/ Interesting read. GMO corn is now less effective because the pests and weeds have adapted. Combined with the high price of GMO seed, this tilts the pendulum in favor of traditional non-gmo seed. Note that the non-gmo seed is still hybrid seed, not open pollinated. There are some glitches in this article around the use of herbicides. What it does not say but has to mean is that they are using pre-plant herbicides as in non-roundup herbicides to control weeds. This also means heavier reliance on neonicotinoid pesticides which is a huge negative for beekeepers. If you read through the industry news, Monsanto has a case of blue funk about the situation and is attempting to integrate even more disease, pest, and herbicide tolerant genes into their products. They see the writing on this wall. Here is another article about chinese theft of seed technology. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/us...e-efforts.html Last edited by Fusion_power; February 6, 2014 at 02:32 PM.