Well for tonight I’m going to end on this note, as it is important to your claims!

GM crops are more expensive than Non GMO! Straight up
It costs more to produce each soy bean, corn cob and cotton ball!

IN fact Round up ready (RR) soy is grown at a loss!

You might ask how does the industry continue? Government subsidies.

Here is a very good website that I’ve only flipped though
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/publ...lrep/index.htm

and here are some quotes

“Comparing yields of GM and non-GM crops is not a straightforward exercise. Yields depend on a large number of factors, and the inserted trait of GM crops is only one factor amongst others. It is worth recalling (OECD, 1999) that first generation genetic modifications address production conditions (pests, weeds), they do not increase the intrinsic yield capacity of the plant. In other words, referring to Bullock's classification, they do not induce a type 1 (maximum yield) technical change. Not surprisingly yield performance of GM crops against their non-GM counterparts depends on growing conditions, in particular on the degree of infestation in insects or in weeds.”

--- It seems the only people jumping to the conclusion that GM crops are super yielder are the companies them selves
-- you can see actual figures are yield.

In cases in which yield may be larger per hectare the cost is much much higher
-for example BT corn. There is some evidence of higher yields but it is Not conclusive. But they cost much more to produce so per lb of food it costs a bundle more.

“Several studies have found evidence on yield gains for Bt corn. Based on 1996-1998 data of the Agricultural Resources Management Data, the USDA has observed that adopters of Bt corn had obtained higher yields than non-adopters. This might however been partly explained by performance differences between these two groups of farmers. Gianessi and Carpenter (1999) report about average gains of 0.73 t/ha in 1997 and 0.26 t/ha in 1998, respectively, + 9% and +3% compared to 97/98 average yield for corn.
The gap between 1997 and 1998 results can be explained by the difference in weather conditions and in insect pressure. Infestation was low in 1998. Other studies (like Alexander and Goodhue, Hyde and al., 1999) show the sensitivity of Bt performance to these two factors.”

-as well in every cell of BT corn there is BT an organic pesticide used by organic farmers. Having such large scale use of it though gmo’s will quickly select resistant types of corn borer and bring this valuable pesticide to and end. And with it the effectiveness of this GM crop. See the damage this one is causing? It’s a much bigger picture than just yield
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