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NickB79

(19,621 posts)
Mon Jan 1, 2024, 05:30 PM Jan 2024

US finds Bayer's short GM corn can be safely grown, but hurdles remain

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-finds-bayers-short-gm-corn-can-be-safely-grown-hurdles-remain-2023-06-07/

CHICAGO, June 7 (Reuters) - U.S. farmers can safely grow a new type of corn that Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE) genetically modified to be shorter than typical crops and better tolerate strong winds, the government said on Wednesday, in a win for the global farm chemicals and seeds maker.

Short-stature corn is among the latest crop varieties developed to withstand increasingly volatile weather associated with climate change, joining a growing list that includes drought and heat tolerant corn, soybeans and wheat.


As a former farm kid, the concept of short, stocky corn intrigues me. I like it.
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US finds Bayer's short GM corn can be safely grown, but hurdles remain (Original Post) NickB79 Jan 2024 OP
What? No tall corn? SarahD Jan 2024 #1
That should make the corn mazes easier anyway. nt intrepidity Jan 2024 #2
That'll hurt NewLarry Jan 2024 #3
Yeah, you wouldn't want this variety for silage NickB79 Jan 2024 #4
 

SarahD

(1,732 posts)
1. What? No tall corn?
Mon Jan 1, 2024, 05:37 PM
Jan 2024

We liked the tall corn when we were kids. We would sneak through the field, on the lookout for lions and tigers and elephants. Sometimes a pheasant flushed right in front of us, causing a scary moment.

NickB79

(19,621 posts)
4. Yeah, you wouldn't want this variety for silage
Mon Jan 1, 2024, 09:07 PM
Jan 2024

You'd still plant tall strains for that, and short varieties for cob corn.

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