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Kansas Liberty: 27 January 2009
Corn and soybeans steal some of the glory from Kansas' traditional crop.
Market resistance to biotech applications in wheat causing lower yields
Biotechnology advances in corn and soybean crops - and a resistance in the market to biotech applications for wheat - may be as responsible for Kansas' decline in wheat production as bad weather and lousy prices, according to a spokesman for the state's wheat producers.
“Wheat is a crop used more for human consumption while corn and soybeans are used extensively for animal feed. This leads to more opposition of biotech wheat from people who consume wheat foods,” Aaron Harries, marketing director for Kansas Wheat, told Kansas Liberty.
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9 millions acres in 2009?
You are missing critical numbers. Even though less acres were planted in 2008 (from 2007), MORE acres were harvested and there were more bushels per acre, so wheat production went up, not down. It also sold for more per bushel resulting in the highest value ever ($1.76B) beating the previous record from 1980 ($1.62B).
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GMO Wheat
I only wish that the agricultural industry would focus on producing foods with higher nutrient value rather than continually focusing on profit and yield. Numerous studies have shown a decline in the nutritional value of our food over the last 50 years and our declining health as a nation shows it.