A calf never stands up on it first attempt but keeps going until job is complete. Love calving season.

What are the environmental benefits of GM crops?

What are the environmental benefits of GM crops?

One of the significant environmental benefits of GM crops is the dramatic reduction in pesticide use, with the size of the reduction varying between crops and introduced trait.

• A study assessing the global economic and environmental impacts of biotech crops for the first 16 years (1996-2011) of adoption showed that the technology has reduced pesticide spraying by 474 million kg and has reduced environmental footprint associated with pesticide use by 18.1%. The technology has also significantly reduced the release of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture equivalent to removing 10 million cars from the roads.²
• In the USA, adoption of GM crops resulted in pesticide use reduction of 46.4 million pounds in 2003.³
• The use of Bt cotton in China resulted in pesticide use reduction of 78,000 tons of formulated pesticides in 2001. This corresponds to about a quarter of all the pesticides sprayed in China in the mid-1990s.⁴Additionally, the use of Bt cotton can substantially reduce the risk and incidence of pesticide poisonings to farmers.⁵
• Herbicide tolerant crops have facilitated the continued expansion of conservation tillage, especially no-till cultivation system, in the USA. The adoption of conservation and no-till cultivation practices saved nearly 1 billion tons of soil per year.⁶
• Biotech cotton has been documented to have a positive effect on the number and diversity of beneficial insects in the US and Australian cotton fields.⁷
• Adoption of Bt corn in the Philippines did not show an indication that Bt corn had negative effect on insect abundance and diversity.¹⁵

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In Wyoming I say HELL YEAH

Stay tuned this is radio show to be posted in one hour from Utah.

The money is essential but that smile Austin Garrett from Utah has is the real wealth in selling Jr projects. Good luck and thanks.

Are you kidding me? Rawlins WY I can see the Sinclair refinery and fuel is 40 cents more than in Nebraska.

Where it all began and they are not selling lures out of the garage anymore.

Again back in Minnesota speaking today. Thanks AgStar this Arboretum is an enlightening experience.

The Master in teaching students @jodisterle at Iowa State FFA #AgvocacyDay2014.

Do you incorrectly believe you that you can beat science into the head of the well educated?

This Time article from March 2014 is very interesting and not surprising to me in the less. People continually out smarting themselves. I also believe these are the first people to fall prey to the Anti-GMO junk. 

Researchers found a backlash effect when presented with scientific evidence that vaccines don't cause autism

Nothing, Not Even Hard Facts, Can Make Anti-Vaxxers Change Their Minds

Maybe there should be a vaccine for stubbornness, because it sure seems tough to cure. A new study shows that when presented with four different scientifically proven arguments that vaccinations are safe, some anti-vaccination parents seemed even less inclined to innoculate their kids against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) once they saw the evidence.

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OH BUT WAIT THERE IS MORE....GO FIGURE

Measles cases at highest level in nearly 20 years, CDC reports

More people have been infected with measles in the United States during the first four months of this year than have been infected in the first four months of the past 18 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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April 25, 2014 Dan Gunderson representing the American Petroleum Industry talks Keystone XL pipeline

So many rumors exist today about the dangers of building a pipeline from Canada to Texas carrying 830,000 barrels of oil a day. Dan Gunderson will put it all in perspective.

Listen here

http://trent69050.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-24T22_17_17-07_00