BEAN OR GENE

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BEAN OR GENE

• ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF THE
  GLYPHOSATE RESISTANT SOYBEAN

Power Point created by Shayla Kisling Georgia
Agriculture Education Curriculum Office November
2005
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ISSUES
--Economics --Decrease Inputs --Increase Outputs
-- Environmental Effects -- Human Health
Effects -- Food Safety
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GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISIMS

• CROPS
• -Bt Corn
• -Bt Cotton
• -Glyphosate Resistant Soybean

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Genetically Modified Organisms
1999 Share of GM by country in
Source European Agricultural Commission
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Genetically Modified Organisms
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Genetically Modified Organisms
1999 Share of GM Crops in
Source European Agricultural Commission
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Genetically Modified Organisms
Geographic breakdown of GM soybean area in 1999
Source European Agricultural Commission
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Genetically Modified Organisms
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Glyphosate Resistant Soybeans

• What is a glyphosate resistant soybean?
• Who is effected by the production of the
  glyphosate resistant soybean?

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What is a Glyphosate Resistant Soybean?

• Transgenetically Produced

• -CP4 EPSP

• Glyphosate Resistant
• -Roundup Ready

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Why Glyphosate Resistant?

• Roundup
• -Non-selective Herbicide

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WHO IS INVOLVED?

• Producers/Farmers
• Consumers

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PRODUCERS VIEW

• ECONOMICS
• Decrease Inputs
• Increase Outputs

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PRODUCERS BENEFITS
Cost Efficient Weed Control

• Fewer Herbicides Used
• Fewer Applications
• Time

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Cost Efficient Weed Control
U.S. Soybean Production Costs and Returns
1999/Planted Acre (Hectare)
Source USDA (as cited by the United Soybean
Board, 2001)
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Cost Efficient Weed Control

• Market Competition
• Price Drops

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Cost Efficient Weed Control
Source 1999 Illinois Agricultural Pest
Management Handbook, University of Illinois
Extension Service.(as cited by Carpenter
Gianessi, 2000 April)
40-50 Reduction
22 Reduction
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Cost Efficient Weed Control

• GR Planters saved
• 220 Million
• (Includes 6/ac technology fee)
• 34.80 ? 27.14

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Increased Outputs?????

• Yield Studies and Reports

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Increased Outputs
Yield Reports

• Monsanto
• ? as good as, or better than, yields from
  conventional soybeans
• ? 4.5 bushel per acre increase

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Increased Outputs
Yield Reports

• University Studies

• ? 8,700 trials
• 6.7 yield drag
• 4.7 bushel per acre loss

? University of Wisconsin 12 of the top
producing states 4 yield drag
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Increased Outputs
Yield Reports

• Extension

? Iowa extension specialists Duffy and Smith 2000
GR soybeans 43.39 bu./ac
Traditional soybeans 45.01 bu./ac

• 1.62 bu./ac difference

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Increased Outputs
Yield Reports

• Most researchers conclude that the GR
  soybeans yields are near that of conventional
  soybeans

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PRODUCERS VIEW

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PRODUCERS VIEW

• Why not 100 GR soybean?

Tradition
Skepticism
Consumer Issues
All of the above
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Trouble???
Market
Firms
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Market

• Regulations driving prices?

HIGHER COSTS
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CONSUMER CONCERNS

• Environmental Effects
• Human Health
• Food Safety

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GOVERNMENT POLICY

• ?Coordinated Framework for Regulation of
  Biotechnology
• ?United States Department of Agriculture
• (USDA)
• ?Food and Drug Administration
• (FDA)
• ?Environmental Protection Agency
• (EPA)

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Environmental Safety Concerns
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Increase
Decrease
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Human Health Safety Concerns

• ALLERGIES

FDA-Label
Test Results??
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Food Safety Concerns
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Food Safety Concerns

• FDA Tests
• Found nothing that indicates the GR soybean to be
  different from the conventional soybean

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REVIEW THE POINTS
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Final Thoughts
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Final Thoughts