Study pegs Bt corn’s economic benefits at $7 billion
Bt is paying big benefits, for farmers who plant Bt corn hybrids and even for producers who don’t.
In a recent study published in the journal Science, agricultural researchers estimate farmers in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin received cumulative economic benefits of nearly $7 billion between 1996 and 2009 through the planting of Bt corn hybrids, with benefits of more than $4 billion for non-Bt corn farmers alone....
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