"Jim wrote in message

Not what I've heard. Herbicide resistant crops so they can be sprayed
with
more herbicides.

simple thought will tell you that that must be wrong

herbicides cost money

GM seed is slightly more expensive

why would you pay more money for seed on which you have to use more
herbicide, again spending more money?


Bigger yield?

So why have they developed herbicide resistant crops then? So they can use
"roundup*" to spray the weeds off instead of using mechanical means of
weeding which cost lots of money.
Perhaps you have another explanation for their development?

*Roundup...a Monsanto product, like a lot of the GM crops.
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