Pests plague GMO corn – and Monsanto

We hear Pro-GMO pundits speaking about how these crops reduce the need for pesticides all of the time.  Well what happens when the crop with it’s own built-in pesticides no longer work?  That’s what is happening now with Monsanto corn.  Resistance has built up in the rootworm population and the trait engineered into the corn is no longer working!  Even the crop rotation suggested by Monsanto is failing.  This is fact, not hyperbole, so one wonders what sort of spin the GMO industry will try to create.  Anyway, for more on the story in the St. Louis Business Journal click here, http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/morning_call/2013/08/pests-plague-gmo-corn—and-monsanto.html

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