Posted by paul on May 20, 2016 at 05:05:41 from (173.27.49.32):
In Reply to: Re: Good News on GMO posted by Majorlucas on May 19, 2016 at 08:35:26:
Organic = more weeds! insects, and less yield. Also you have to steal some nutrients from other land to apply to your crops, so you are not actually sustainable.
Regular weed and especially insect controls are pretty nasty and harsh and toxic to farmers and environment. Grows more crop on less acres so is actually more 'sustainable' and produces more per acre, using up less of natural habitat than organic operations.
Gmo crops use less harsh weed and especially insect controls, is safer for the farmer, grows more crop per acre using less resources/ land area. Far more efficient.
I've never, ever, understood the upside down world of anti-gmo people. If you want natural and organic that is fine, but the reasons given for wanting no gmo's is just totally upside down, it really shows the head in the sand deal you speak of.
I'm not against organic if that's what you want, but at least understand how much more of nature you are using up to get that product, how wasteful that system is.
Just being against gmo seems odd to me, I can't make any sense out of that position.
Farming is about efficiency, get the best product you can with the least costs, which means the most effciency, lowest use per bushel of everything you do. Its really pretty simple. Roundup and bT and other gmo have been around decades now, and crop production, bushels per acre continues to rise, as we farmers get more efficient. It seems absurd that gmo crops are somehow hard on the soil, in the face of facts so simple to look up. You don't have to rely upon any university or govt study, tho the reviewed ones all say gmos are safe. Just look at crop yield trends, how can you say glyphosate is poisoning the soil when the yield increases are right there on front of you?
I'm glad we live in a society where you have the choice to buy what you want, if you are rich enough you can afford your special wants. Why you would choose to buy the more wasteful products is confusing, but no matter, we have choices in this country.
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