daniela

Agriculture Update: Corn, Soybeans and Rice

Weather is not only factor here. Most farmers use GMO corn that has specific traits that withstand wet or dry weather. We are dealing with crops that are more unpredictable than weather. If these GMO seeds develop new resistance to pests/mold we can have "potato famine". I don't think this will happen. Who is really sitting pretty here? Monsanto--supplier of all GMO seeds. Farmers buy these with guarantee of the best crop yields. They are willing to pay higher prices for these. I hope midwest will have enough sun to produce good crop this season. Government would restrict ethanol production (from corn) if we would have real crisis. Europe has high prices for food and gas. We are getting there slowly but surely. America has limited resources too. This is not crisis. Just the fact.