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Livestock loss due to GMO corn
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<blockquote data-quote="nkotb" data-source="post: 972052" data-attributes="member: 19452"><p>The seed companies charge extra for the GMO because it cost a substantial amount to do the research to develop these products. The yield increase from hybrid vs open pollinated and GMO vs non-GMO hybrids is well documented. The yield trend line for the US has been increasing steadily over the last 70 years. This is not due to taking steps back to organic means of crop production, it is due to farmers doing things right and using the best means of production possible. There is organic soybean production near here where they are cultivating 7 times to control weeds and still only raising 40 bushel beans when everyone else is raising 70 using GMO's and conventional methods. Organic means no synthetic fertililzer and no synthetic chemicals. It is said that the worlds farmers are going to have to produce as much food in the next 50 years as they have in the previous 2000 combined. This cannot be done if we cut our yields in half or more by going back to organic production, this can only be done if we continue to produce using the latest technology.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nkotb, post: 972052, member: 19452"] The seed companies charge extra for the GMO because it cost a substantial amount to do the research to develop these products. The yield increase from hybrid vs open pollinated and GMO vs non-GMO hybrids is well documented. The yield trend line for the US has been increasing steadily over the last 70 years. This is not due to taking steps back to organic means of crop production, it is due to farmers doing things right and using the best means of production possible. There is organic soybean production near here where they are cultivating 7 times to control weeds and still only raising 40 bushel beans when everyone else is raising 70 using GMO's and conventional methods. Organic means no synthetic fertililzer and no synthetic chemicals. It is said that the worlds farmers are going to have to produce as much food in the next 50 years as they have in the previous 2000 combined. This cannot be done if we cut our yields in half or more by going back to organic production, this can only be done if we continue to produce using the latest technology. [/QUOTE]
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