#corn leafworm

Brazilian farmers demand biotech companies refund their money for GMO crops that don’t work

By RT.com

Brazilian farmers are asking Monsanto and other producers of pest-resistant corn seeds to reimburse them for money spent on additional pesticides when the bugs killed the crops instead of dying themselves.

Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino

The so-called BT corn seeds are genetically modified to produce an insecticide that will kill the corn leafworm (also known as the southern grassworm). After…