Potato Grower

January 2017

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24 POTATO GROWER | JANUARY 2017 DO GMOS HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT? Many GMOs are specifically developed to lessen or improve agriculture's impact on the environment. Among other things, GMOs have proven to aid in the following: • Increasing agricultural land's productivity, alleviating pressure to convert more land into ag use • Reducing soil erosion by allowing growers to adopt practices such as conservation tillage • Conserving water • Helping growers reduce their carbon footprint because of less time spent operating tractors and sprayers • Reducing pesticide applications

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