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Economic, Environmental Impacts of GMO Crops
2013-05-09 20:33:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: University of Illinois A new peer-reviewed work has been published (April 2013) that outlines some significant global economic and environmental benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops. Agricultural entomologist Mike Gray, University of Illinois, has conducted western corn rootworm research for many years and was particularly interested in the overall U.S. farm income gain attributed to corn rootworm Bt hybrids $7.1 billion cumulative benefits since 2003. read more
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