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Food for Those BIO Activists

Jan 23, 2007

Perhaps this year's protests at the annual BIO meeting won't be so lackluster, as a report from the biotech advocacy group International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications says farmers planted a record number of genetically engineered crops last year. The most common crops were corn, soy, and cotton, and according to the report, much of the yield from those 252 million acres went to feeding livestock. Argentina, Brazil, and the US planted the most genetically engineered crops, reports this article.

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