It's all about the yield...cost benefit analysis. Fact is simple, the highest per acre yields for crops are in Asia, specifically China where they use NO genetically modified seeds, as in ZERO PERCENT. Farmers here in America who are using GM seeds are seeing diminished returns on the extra investment in GM seeds. It cost almost $100 per acre more to use GM tainted seeds than to use normal seeds, and many American farmers are not seeing a good return on their investment for all kinds of reasons, but basically because the promise and reality of higher yields is simply not materializing.
Monsanto and other companies promised, as example, that crops would be resistant to certain pests for up to 40 years...the period of time it was supposed to take certain pests to develop resistance/immunity to the herbicide. Turns out that some of these pests (bugs) are developing resistance much sooner (14 years) than expected, eating plants, getting sick, but not dying. So, as resistance to GM seeds and herbicides (Roundup) grows, super bugs,super pests and super weeds are developing in our American Farm Fields.
Bottom line...after using GM seeds for ten years the big promise of GMO's is failing to materialize, as there is no real change in yields, and in some cases field yields are down. A farmer who is planting 200 acres has spent $200,000 more over ten years to plant GM seeds under the promise of higher yields and the gains are not there. So, they are now considering, even wanting to return to using normal seeds but there is a problem. Finding non-GM seeds! Here in America where 87 percent of our farmers plant GM seeds, finding non GM Seeds is all but impossible! THAT IS SCARY.
Control the seeds, control the food chain...Monsanto seeds make up a terrifying 91 percent of soybeans, 88 percent of cotton and 91 percent of maize, according to the Center for Food Safety.
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