GMO Feeds

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Conclusions

Commercial livestock populations are the largest

consumers of GE crops, and globally, billions of animals

have been eating GE feed for almost 2 decades. An

extensive search of peer-reviewed literature and field

observations of animals fed diets containing GE crop

products have revealed no unexpected perturbations or

disturbing trends in animal performance or health indicators.

Likewise, it is not possible to distinguish any

differences in the nutritional profile of animal products

following consumption of GE feed. Animal agriculture

is currently highly dependent on GE feed sources,

and global trade of livestock feed is largely supplied

by countries that have approved the cultivation of GE

crops. Supplying non-GE-fed animal products is likely

to become increasingly expensive given the expanding

global planting of GE crops and the growing number of

countries that raise them. The market for animals that

have not consumed GE feed is currently a niche market

in the United States, although such products are available

to interested consumers via voluntary processbased

marketing programs. The cost of these products

is higher than conventionally produced products due to

both the higher cost of non-GE feed and the costs associated

with certifying the absence of GE crops in the

production process and product segregation. There is

currently a pipeline of so-called “second generation” GE

crops with improved output traits for livestock production.

Their approval will further complicate the sourcing

of non-GE feedstuffs. Additionally, recent developments

in techniques to induce precise genetic changes in

targeted genes offer both tremendous opportunities and

a challenge for global regulatory oversight. Given these

developments, there is an urgent need for international

harmonization of both regulatory frameworks for GE

crops and governance of advanced breeding techniques

to prevent widespread disruptions in international trade

of livestock feedstuffs in the future.
https://www.asas.org/docs/default-source/jas-files/final.pdf?sfvrsn=0

That's te sad thing. It shouldn't be a niche it should be the way of life. I'll pay extra to not eat things containing unnatural chemicals. I know there are long term effects. I know there are negative effects these things cause in humans and dna. I'm not gonna chance it and I think supporting it is wrong. Look at other countries that have banned the ****. They do more testing on there food than on there medecine witch they should because food is medecine.

 

[Cindy in PA]

I've already explained gmos above in my posts. If that wasn't simple enough then I suggest finding free courses online about DNA and the matter. I guarantee you will find them for free.

GMO's have existed since the dawn of farming.....don't believe me?

Go eat wild wheat.

Try eating corn before farming ever got to it.

Bananas? Not likely.

And a truckload of other vegetables and fruits hat have been modified from the mustard plant and other various plants.

You know you share DNA with of other creatures on this planet? A fish, bananas, reptiles, monkeys, and many other things. DNA is universal, there is a universal code for everything. And how is cross breeding plants so hard? Gegor Mendel did it, and yes, the process was tedious, but anyone with a basic understanding of genetics can cross breed a plant. Mutate humans? You make my head spin. Humans and all other organisms(including your precious organic plants) mutate every day. That is just apart of nature, apart of DNA, cells, life.....anything biological. I promise you we won't have super humans or deformed babies being born because someone ate a modified apple, but we will have different generation each time it is born because of mutation..regardless of eating that apple or eating an 'organic' piece of lettuce. You can have an opinion, but science is still science, and it doesn't give a care in the world about anyone's opinion, not even the scientists who spurred it.

Hybridization & GMO putting foreign genes into a plant are two different things. A plant wouldn't naturally assimilate a fish gene during natural selection & cross breeding.

 

[matt44644]

I just posted Their link,Which was done by The University of California Davis.
Until the world quits overpopulating and the farmers get more than 7 cents per pound for Their corn,GMOs aren't going away.

http://www.quotecorn.com/

 

[SunkenRoadFarms]

Ultimately it's the consumer's choice. I'm not a small family farmer, but I'm not a large commercial grower either. I've grown GMO, non-GMO, organic, non-organic. I've participated in studies in all of the above from a grower stand point. At the end of the day, there is no way I would ever be able to support my family and farm without GMOs. At the same time, I can see both sides of the argument. I organically grow most of what I sell at market, because on a small scale basis with the niche market customers I get at farmer's markets, I can justify the increased production cost. However, field corn and soybean, both for sale and to support my cattle heard, are GMO products because I don't have the manpower, cash, or time to successfully grow and harvest 600 acres.

As matt44644 said, GMOs are necessary to support our large global population, from roundup ready crops to wheat the lays a certain way to ease harvest. Can they cause cancer? Possibly. But my answer is, I'll take the risk of cancer over the certainty of starvation.

 

[blkjak]

Either modifying in a lab or by design or by natural selection dna is going to change. I genetically modify my chickens every year by choosing which rooster to put with which hens to breed for color, egg production, size etc.

 

[Areolyn]

Hybridization & GMO putting foreign genes into a plant are two different things. A plant wouldn't naturally assimilate a fish gene during natural selection & cross breeding.

Wrong once again. If you would have read what I had said, DNA is universal. this is why gmo's are just as natural as an 'organic' organism.

I swear I feel as if most of these arguments are found on motherearthnews. Countries ban it because the leaders literally do not understand it. I guess ignorance is bliss.

 

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Countries ban it because they do as much testing on it as we do our drugs. Tey understand completely what's going on and te long term effects and the effects on the health of there people. I agree our world is now a consumer world witch is why people like us raising animals for food and growing our own crops is so important and we need to support unmodified things! If everyone had a small garden, if it wasn't illegal to have a garden in some places, people wouldn't have to worry about starving. Americans are spoiled and unhealthy but we have an abundance. We have no excuse to be this way.

Whatever arguments you make I WILL support unaltered stuff and I WILL hopefully one day have lots of land and lots of green houses and grow what Mother Nature out here without any bs. And I will find a way to do it safely and cost effective enough to give it away to those who can't afford good food. There are many people who support my side and will be a part of this.

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[matt44644]

, if it wasn't illegal to have a garden in some places,

There is no state or federals laws that make it illegal to have a garden.Some HOA may prohibit gardens,but that is the choice of the homeowners who don't want to live next to a farm.
99% of the people that live in them have no problems buying their food at the store.
If you move into a subdivision that has a HOA you need to check their restrictions before you buy.Don't buy then complain because you want chickens,when the other 99% doesn't want to live next to chickens.

 

[Cindy in PA]

BS You can eat any crap you like, just label it & let me make a choice. The short period of time GMOs have been used proves NOTHING. Eat margarine, it's healthy was the cry of the 60s & 70s along with numerous other things that our government and producers fed us. Turned out they were WRONG. I will eat my grassfed meat, milk & eggs. Government & people who sell the stuff doing studies means nothing to me. To each his own. I will buy as little as possible of the crap they are selling.

 

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I wanna know who was like "oooh lets feed chickens arsenic!"