Biotechnology Providing Solutions for Growing Crop Demands
August 15, 2008| |
The issuance of the US Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) August Crop Production report states that the US farmers are ready to produce the second largest corn crops and fourth largest soybean crop in history. Sharon Bomer Lauritsen, executive vice president, food and agriculture for the Biotechnology Industry Organization remarked that this increased production forecast is partly due to innovations in plant biotechnology.
“Plant biotechnology helps contribute to crop yield increases, allowing farmers to meet the growing demand for food, feed and fuel” she added. Biotech crops comprise the majority of crop production with 91 percent of soybeans and 73 percent of corn grown in the United States that can resist insect and weed threats. Future crops will be able to withstand drought and other adverse conditions.
For details of the news see: http://www.bio.org/news/newsitem.asp?id=2008_0812_02. The full report can be downloaded at: http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2008/08_12_2008.asp
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