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To: Grainne who wrote (99891)	3/29/2005 5:05:27 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

<<But there must be some explanation as to why there is so much reporting of lower yields cited on the web.>> Those are studies done where they have a result they want to prove before they start. Lets say we plant the best producing Pioneer non GMO beans in McLean county Illinois where the temperature and rain are very good for raising beans. Spend $500 per acre on herbicides, pesticides and fertilizer on them. You may get 70 bu per acre but lose money. Now you plant GMO beans in Iowa and spend $50 per acre on them. Soil and water aren't as good and you get 45 bu per acre. Lower yield but at a profit. The growing conditions are manipulated. You posted the vitamin A rice thing. That is a frankenfood, genes added. Roundup Ready beans just have one gene removed.The gene Roundup works on to kill the plant. BTW roundup breaks down in the soil in one week instead of a year like the chemicals used on non GMO beans.