GMO Crops

Pesticide Use Spikes as GMO Failure Cripples Corn Belt

Posted on 2013-07-13 by HumboldtDems

Midwest farmers douse their fields in chemicals as insects grow resistant to Bt Corn – Sarah Lazare, staff writer Pesticides Poured on Illinois Cornfield (Photo: Fig and Sage) Pesticide use is skyrocketing across the Midwestern U.S. corn belt, as biotech companies like

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