Republican Governor Ed Schafer from North Dakota is a friend of biotechnology. He's the one on the right in the above photo. This ill-informed politician is the chief executive of an agricultural state, North Dakota, which produces enormous surpluses. Farmers in his state are paid subsidies not to grow corn and soybeans, yet the governor believes that genetically modified foods are the keys to easing world hunger.
Genetic engineering carries the seeds to the destruction of America's small farms.
That model is playing itself out on America's dairy farms. More milk translates into lower prices. Supply and demand is what governs market price in a free economy. While consumers drink less liquid milk, inventories increase. Flood the market.