France: Biotech Corn Proves Worth

Avatar for Matt Hopkins By Scott C. Lucas|4 February 2007

Recent French regulation changes on biotech production and coexistence are also expected to trigger expanded commercial production of biotech corn in the country in 2007. AGPM monitored 13 biotech corn fields in various regions of France and found that average yields were 9% higher than conventional corn yields grown under similar conditions. In regions where the corn borer infestation was highest, the incremental yield provided by the Bt technology rose almost 12%