Posted January 21, 2015
Reports have reached GMWatch that US grain farmers are choosing to grow non-GMO crops because of the “many failures” with GMOs. Farmers are asking, “Why pay 30 to 60 dollars more for traits that don’t work?” – namely insect resistance and herbicide tolerance, which have led to insect-resistant pests and herbicide-resistant superweeds. The shift to non-GMO is supported by the increasing availability of more advanced genetics in non-GMO hybrids. Read more.