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`Perfect' corn may set stage for its destruction Overplanting could soon lead to pest developing resistance Series: WHAT'S FOR DINNER
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When Kane County farmer Steve Pitstick planted genetically
engineered corn for the first time in 1996, he saw how much
difference one little gene makes.
Pitstick planted "transgenic" corn next to a field of regular
corn. Transgenic corn contains a foreign gene that makes the plant
poisonous to an insect pest called the European corn borer.
Pitstick's regular corn was infested with corn borers. Leaves
were riddled with holes, as if hit by a shotgun. Ears dropped off
stalks. Stalks...
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The value of Bt corn in Southwest Kansas: A Monte Carlo simulation approach
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
; While most Corn Belt farmers consider planting Bt corn to control European corn borer, southwestern Kansas farmers must also take into account an array of other insect pests, including corn rootworm, spider mites, and southwestern corn borer. This research uses a decision analysis framework to
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Survey shows more farmers happy with Bt corn due to higher yield.(Business)
Manila Bulletin
; Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA Farmers in Isabela, Pangasinan, and Cagayan, three of the largest users of the genetically modified (GM) borer-resistant corn have enjoyed an average yield advantage of 15.23 percent, less spray, and higher income from GM corn in the past three years, a survey said. A
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Some farmers should evaluate before adopting Bt corn technology.
The Kiplinger Agriculture Letter
; Some farmers should evaluate before adopting Bt corn technology. A naturally occurring bacteria is genetically encoded in corn to kill the European corn borer, a leading cause of damage to the U.S. corn crop. The danger of increased pest resistance from pervasive use of Bt corn and the higher cost
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Researcher Revisits Bt Corn Threat to Monarch Butterfly.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 13 -- Academic experts are now saying that it's possible to have our Bt corn and our monarch butterflies too. Professors are ...
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Insuring the stewardship of Bt Corn: 'A carrot' versus 'a stick'
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
; Subsidies and fines are compared to voluntary and mandatory refuge insurance (insurance for pest damage on Bt corn refuge) as mechanisms for securing grower compliance with EPA refuge mandates. A conceptual model partially ranks mechanisms. Tradeoffs between mechanisms using grower welfare,
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