I'm an organic dairy farmer who lives right here in South Dakota & we don't use any pesticides, toxic sprays & biotech crops on r farm! We get by just fine without using any of that harmful stuff & r stilling feeding the world! We have learned 2 work with nature & not against it! I know how harmful them chemical sprays r, cause we use to use them before we switched to organic farming 8 years ago! I think it's so sad u people can't c how bad biotechnology is for the environment & the disaster it
Biotechnology is allowing our farmers to feed more people than ever before all while continuing to reduce their inputs. There's is no doubt that farmers care about the honey bee issue but there is so research showing a direct connection to any seed treatment. BTW, did you know that seed treatments allow farmers to use fewer pesticides and in turn less passes through their fields.
@RedLong1 About 92 million acres of corn was planted in the US last year & 88% of that was biotech corn which is treated with a certain systemic pesticide (clothianidin ) which is believed 2 b the main suspect in the disappearing of the honey bees! Bees sometimes use the corn pollen as an extra source of protein in their diet. That's how the bees r coming in contact with it! The question is, will biotechnology cause a food famine??
@RenLong1 I respect ur opinion on biotech crops, but I strongly disagree with u on that matter! I am an organic dairy producer from SD & we r living proof that farmers can farm without the use of toxic chemicals to use for weed control! We grow organic corn oats & alfalfa on r farm which we feed to r cows! Biotech crops r not the answer 2 feeding the world! Every year another weed species builds up resistance 2 roundup herbicide! Farmers will use more & more chemicals every year to control weeds
I love my access to some organic food as well, but we do not have a chance of feeding the world growing by 800,000 people every four months (the population of SD by the way!) if we do not use all the technology and land available much more efficiently than that!
While I understand your obvious concern for corn grown in a non-organic way, please realize that the corn that you see in this promo is grain corn used to feed beef cattle, hogs, and poultry that does in fact help feed the world. People consume sweet corn, not South Dakota's focus for production. Did you know that although 25% of produced corn now goes to ethanol production, after this production, 17.5 pounds per bushel of high-protein "distillers grain" still goes to feed livestock?
If less then 1% of the corn raised in the US goes for human consumption & the other 99% goes for animals consumption, then what % of corn goes for Ethanol production?
We now have over 25% of grain corn used for ethanol production. After that use, 17.5 pounds per bushel of distiller's grain still is used as high-protein livestock feed (to help produce the beef, pork, and poultry that help feed the world!). Human's do not consume the grain corn shown in this promo. South Dakota also produced almost 800 million dollars in wheat sold to feed the world.
Less than 1% of the corn raised in the United States is directly consumed by humans. The other 99% is #2 yellow corn whose number 1 customer is livestock in the United States and around the world.
& the disaster it will cause!
greenearthfarmer 1 day ago
I'm an organic dairy farmer who lives right here in South Dakota & we don't use any pesticides, toxic sprays & biotech crops on r farm! We get by just fine without using any of that harmful stuff & r stilling feeding the world! We have learned 2 work with nature & not against it! I know how harmful them chemical sprays r, cause we use to use them before we switched to organic farming 8 years ago! I think it's so sad u people can't c how bad biotechnology is for the environment & the disaster it
greenearthfarmer 1 day ago
Biotechnology is allowing our farmers to feed more people than ever before all while continuing to reduce their inputs. There's is no doubt that farmers care about the honey bee issue but there is so research showing a direct connection to any seed treatment. BTW, did you know that seed treatments allow farmers to use fewer pesticides and in turn less passes through their fields.
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@RedLong1 About 92 million acres of corn was planted in the US last year & 88% of that was biotech corn which is treated with a certain systemic pesticide (clothianidin ) which is believed 2 b the main suspect in the disappearing of the honey bees! Bees sometimes use the corn pollen as an extra source of protein in their diet. That's how the bees r coming in contact with it! The question is, will biotechnology cause a food famine??
greenearthfarmer 3 days ago
@RenLong1 I respect ur opinion on biotech crops, but I strongly disagree with u on that matter! I am an organic dairy producer from SD & we r living proof that farmers can farm without the use of toxic chemicals to use for weed control! We grow organic corn oats & alfalfa on r farm which we feed to r cows! Biotech crops r not the answer 2 feeding the world! Every year another weed species builds up resistance 2 roundup herbicide! Farmers will use more & more chemicals every year to control weeds
greenearthfarmer 1 week ago
I love my access to some organic food as well, but we do not have a chance of feeding the world growing by 800,000 people every four months (the population of SD by the way!) if we do not use all the technology and land available much more efficiently than that!
RenLong1 1 month ago
While I understand your obvious concern for corn grown in a non-organic way, please realize that the corn that you see in this promo is grain corn used to feed beef cattle, hogs, and poultry that does in fact help feed the world. People consume sweet corn, not South Dakota's focus for production. Did you know that although 25% of produced corn now goes to ethanol production, after this production, 17.5 pounds per bushel of high-protein "distillers grain" still goes to feed livestock?
RenLong1 1 month ago
28% went to ethanol production in 2011 displacing the needs for more than 440 million barrels of oil.
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If less then 1% of the corn raised in the US goes for human consumption & the other 99% goes for animals consumption, then what % of corn goes for Ethanol production?
organicpaulguy 1 month ago
@organicpaulguy
We now have over 25% of grain corn used for ethanol production. After that use, 17.5 pounds per bushel of distiller's grain still is used as high-protein livestock feed (to help produce the beef, pork, and poultry that help feed the world!). Human's do not consume the grain corn shown in this promo. South Dakota also produced almost 800 million dollars in wheat sold to feed the world.
RenLong1 1 month ago
Less than 1% of the corn raised in the United States is directly consumed by humans. The other 99% is #2 yellow corn whose number 1 customer is livestock in the United States and around the world.
sdcorn 1 month ago
I LOVE these advertisements.
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