Posted by JD Seller on April 18, 2018 at 17:40:20 from (208.126.189.95):
In Reply to: Organic 'Fad' Grows posted by Traditional Farmer on April 18, 2018 at 05:32:16:
Well all I have to say is my sons and I produced 4.5 million lbs. of beef last year. The majority of it was choice or better grade. I would like to see any "organic" producer do that.
Yes garden FRESH vegetables taste good but the last garden I raised was totally wiped out by Japanese beetles. Nothing organic or chemical would have saved that blight. The fresh part is what makes the largest difference.
I can also remember when not many families could eat beef very often in their diet because of the cost.
I also have seen people that starve because their crops that are totally "organic" but will not grow in the adverse conditions they have. The tree huggers have stopped GMO crops from getting to some of the poorest countries in the world. These same tree huggers are usually of higher incomes so they can afford "organic" or whatever kind of food. They think they have done the world a great service by stopping the GMO from reaching the POOR people of the world. When what they really have done is doomed thousands of them to die from starvation!!!!!!
I guess starving today is better. I want some of the most strident ANTI GMO people to hold a young child that is starving to death in their arms as that child takes its last breath!!!!! Then tell me how evil all GMO and modern plants are!!!!! There are grains and other crops that handle dry weather and heat better than anything they grow today but those plants/seeds can not go to the poorest countries because they use GMO technologies.
Europe has become totally anti GMO and then they force that view on the majority of Africa. That is darn easy when the Europeans are doing this with full stomachs.
Since we have switched from insecticides to GMO plants/seeds the soil on our farms sure has a lot more worms and other beneficial bugs in it. Our test weights are higher, our yields are higher. We also use very little Round up. We use a more varied program to control weeds that are not controlled by RR anymore. The herbicide resistance gets the main focus but the other traits are the ones that really make the difference.
But the heck with any kind of facts. The "FEELINGS" are better than any facts or science when it comes to food/organics. I do not like dumping large amounts of chemicals on crops and we don't. I also know that organic crops yield a lot less than conventional crops. The only part of organic comes close is diary. Produce would be second and grain production would be last.
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