According to these farmers, they had no choice but to buy the seeds from Monsanto, which understood that drifting dicamba could drive competitors out of the market. Their claim rings true when considering farmers who stick to traditional crops and how much destruction they have faced. Dicamba-use is heavily contested and controversial. Additionally, dicamba may be even more dangerous than glyphosate in terms of toxicity. Get in touch by phone ASAP at and schedule a free consultation today.
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Read more about this case on the players page link. Concrete evidence of seed contamination has been discussed in the Union of Concerned Scientist's report called Gone to Seed. Read more about Gone to Seed here. A big concern about genetic engineering in general, and including Roundup Ready crops, is the fact that scientists do not know what the true effect of these organisms is on the environment before releasing them.
Other issues stem from the idea that changing one gene does not necessarily change just one function. A variety of changes in the expression of such a gene could occur in the resulting organism. One of the issues many people have with Roundup Ready crops is the idea that they are only around to benefit big businesses like Monsanto. These crops require farmers to also buy Monsanto's herbicide Roundup to use, resulting in double the profits for the corporation.
Monsanto, however, views Roundup Ready crops, and genetically engineered foods in general, to be the answer to world hunger. They feel that they are stepping in and helping the situation, whereas others think they are only in it for the profit.
Roundup Ready seeds have what is known as "terminator technology;" seeds that are grown for a second generation are sterile. Farmers need to purchase seeds from Monsanto each year if they want to continue to use their crops. Many cite the terminator technology as restricting and preventing farmers from reusing their best seed, requiring them to rely on the newest strain of Roundup Ready seed each year.
Monsanto, however, argues that the terminator technology is used to help prevent the spread of the glyphosate Roundup resistance to other species. Monsanto claims to be addressing the needs of the world when it comes to the food supply. However, there is little to no evidence that the use of Roundup Ready crops increases the yield or profit of farmers who use their seeds. A press release from the New Soil Association released in April, shows that genetically modified crops do not result in higher yields than non-genetically modified crops.
Realistically, however, most genetically modified crops including Roundup Ready are developed to be pesticide and herbicide resistant, rather than directly increase the yield of a given crop.
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