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New Report Challenges GM Industry Myths |
"The
report GMO
Myths and Truths is a detailed study covering everything from the genetic engineering
technique through to an analysis of the benefits of GM foods and crops. The report is
heavily referenced, allowing the reader to determine the validity of the authors’
conclusions. The section on GM crops’ impact on the farm and environment seriously
questions the benefits of growing these crops, citing examples of increased pesticide use, pest resistance, inconclusive yield
benefits and their value in feeding the worlds increasing population..... weighing in at over 120 pages ... it’s not the weight that
makes for uncomfortable reading but the detailed critique of many of the supposed benefits
of GM technology and the fact that these have all been brought together in one report.
What makes it even more difficult to ignore is the credentials of the authors concerned,
these are not your light-weight anti-everything tree huggers but acclaimed scientists. This should open up the debate at a high level on the benefits of
GM crops and be essential reading not just for policy makers. The questions raised in this
report are too numerous and serious to be simply disregarded." |
UK’s National Farmers Union sounds
warning over GM crops |
| Spain: Farmers abandon Monsanto’s GM maize en masse GM Watch, 6 July 2016 |
| Fly in the face of Bt cotton Hindu Business Line, 6 May 2016 |
| Is the Bt trait less effective for corn earworms? Dairy Herd Management, 22 May 2015 |
| More conventional soybean acres in 2015? Delta Farm Press, 26 January 2015 |
| Jack Heinemann - Correlation is not causation RightBiotech, 27 November 2014 |
| Scientists find multiple problems with GMOs Mail Tribune, 13 April 2014 |
| U.S. GMO crops show mix of benefits, concerns - USDA report Reuters, 24 February 2014 |
Considering conventional soybeans?
Here’s some advice |
| Current weed control programs in cotton ‘not
sustainable’ Delta Farm Press, 13 January 2014 |
Monsanto sued over genetically modified
wheat |
| Slow take-up of GM canola ABC (Australia), 16 May 2013 |
Iowa livestock producer claims operation
lost due to GMO corn |
Review Bt
cotton, orders state govt |
India loses faith in GM cotton |
| Monsanto props up weak GM crop price The Australian, 23 April 2012 |
| As Roundup's effect fades, farming costs rise Delawareonline, 17 April 2012 |
Google Translate - Svineproducent
høster gevinst af gmo-fri soja |
* Although Bt crops in America
helped reduce the use of insecticides in cotton crops initially, in Mississippi spraying
has begun rising again resulting in total costs to farmers which are increasingly
uneconomic (Delta
Farm Press, 15 January 2010)
* For the first time since 2000 the share of the US soy crop taken by GM varieties has
fallen as the economic reasons for growing them weaken (The
Organic & Non-GMO Report July/August 2009)
As costs associated with Roundup Ready crops
rise more farmers are looking to return to conventional cropping (WCPN, 28 May 2009)
GM crops in
the United States are driving up the cost of seed in the United States despite increasing
husbandry problems such as weed resistance to glyphosate (Peoria Journal Star, Illinois, 6
April 2009)
Roundup Ready sugar beet has delivered a disappointing
performance in its first year of growing in the United States (Farmers Weekly, 6 February
2009)
Monsanto
has expensive seed monopoly (Des Moines Register, 17 October 2008)
Conventional
soybean varieties are making a comeback in Missouri as GM crop costs rise (University of
Missouri, 9 August 2008)
Non-GM Cotton Just As Or More
Profitable As GM (American Society of Agronomy, 11 February 2008)
GM contamination, husbandry, and
market problems follow introduction of GM canola (oil seed rape) in Canada, Canberra
Times, 5 February 2008
No pesticide savings for
Bt cotton as growers in China lose money, Newswise, 25 July 2006
Problems
persist with inadequately tested Bt Cotton varieties in India - Financial Express, India,
5 June 2006
Crop failure and major
husbandry problems with Monsanto's Bt cotton in India
GM crops under fire after Bt
cotton venture fails in India
GM plants no panacea - Monsanto Admits to Bt crop problems
- New Scientist Report
USDA Report
Exposes GM Crop Economic Myths
Australia
farmers want postponement of GM canola
'Welsh Farmer' - Flaws in GM crop trials
Genetic
modification accused of damaging cotton quality
New report questions whether
planting Bt corn worth the cost
US CORN GROWERS CHALLENGE LOGIC OF PROMOTING BIOTECHNOLOGY IN
FOREIGN MARKETS
US Refiners Shun
Bioengineered Sugar Beets
GM rape heading for agronomic scrap heap?
UK Dairy Farmers Don't Need
US Soy Anymore
Purdue professors downplay
importance of transgenics to Indiana farmers
US NFU calls for GM Wheat
moratorium
Canadian
Wheat Board wants GM wheat banned before its introduction to protect markets
Bt corn not economic in
Indiana
Full
article including marketing problem issues
GM soya ban good for UK
Illinois Asks Dealers Not to
Sell A Controversial Monsanto Corn Seed
Global rejection on Roundup
Ready wheat as North Dakota and Montana consider moratorium
Export markets pointin' thumbs
down on biotech corn
Farmers, foreign markets send
negative signals about Roundup Ready wheat
Canadian NFU calls for GM food ban
National Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against
Starlink Producer
Who is going to pay the
externalized costs of GMOs?
Is Genetic Engineering Worth the Cost?
- Ann Clarke, University of Guelph
Macdonalds dumps
GM animal feed for its meat products
StarLink fiasco wreaks havoc in the heartland
Tyson stops buying StarLink gene-altered corn
Non Genetic Canola
Trade Advantage
GM crops cost US corn
farmers £700m in lost exports
Australia
cashes in on non-gm canola market - see third item
Purdue University on GM
contaminaiton - Protect Corn Crop Value by Protecting Crop Identity
Spanish Corn Starch Industry
says Bt Corn is a Problem
UK farmers go GM-free with new
crops as US makes huge market blunder
US
farmers raise GM legal, marketing and production questions
Bt GM Cotton less profitable than conventional Cotton as
'stink bugs' hit back
Economic
failures of GM cropping
Misinformed US farmers buy Bt
corn seed
No economic benefit
to farmers from Bt corn - University of Purdue
Report on the
Economics of BT Corn and its adoption Implications
Tesco to ban produce from GM
trial sites
British Sugar says it
will not accept GM sugar beet
NLP speaker at international agriculture conference in Brazil -
GMOs and market economics
Northern Soya - Robin Appel's GM-free
soya seed for British farmers
US livestock won't eat GM crops
Little benefit to farmers
from GM crops - Farmers Weekly
US Farmers start to turn away
from GM crop
The
international market for genetically-modified crops is collapsing
U.S. grain merchants paying
up for non-GMO crops
Corn
Growers Association advises US growers to consider abandoning GM varieties in 2000 (see
second item)
Full
PR Newswire report on ACGA advice to growers (see second item)
Tide begins to turn in US
against GM crops
US
loses EU markets thanks to GM crops
Canadians lose EU markets
thanks to GM crops
GM crops unsaleable on international markets
America's
Future clouded for GM crops in US
Japanese pay up to 53%
premium for GM
US giant food processor
starts to move away from GM soya
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