Roger W. KruegerMonsanto Company Since the first commercial release of a bioengineered crop in 1996, planted acres of enhanced crops have increased steadily each year. Yet, public perceptions and knowledge of the benefits of this technology have not kept pace with grower…
Wanki Moon and Siva K. BalasubramanianSouthern Illinois University Carbondale This study uses consumer survey data collected in the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) to examine the linkages between subjective risk and benefit perceptions and willingness-to-pay a premium for non-genetically modified…
Mamane Annou, Michael Thomsen, and Eric WailesUniversity of Arkansas Herbicide resistant (HR) rice biotechnology provides control of the red rice weed in commercial rice. This technology may alter the traditional soybeans-rice rotation practice in southern United States. Mathematical programming is used to…
John M. Jemison, Jr. and Michael E. VaydaUniversity of Maine Pollen transport from genetically engineered corn was evaluated by testing corn offspring from nearby cornfields. Harvested corn, sown in greenhouse flats, was sprayed with glyphosate at second leaf stage. Corn resistant to…
Steven B. KatzNorth Carolina State University This paper explores the role of language in biotechnology communication with public. Analyzing a USDA press release, rhetorical choices of organization, style, and diction that convey values and emotions contrary to content are examined. The effect…
Vincent Mangematin, Stéphane Lemarié, and David CatherineUniversité Pierre Mendès, Grenoble, France European policy to promote small- and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) creation seems to be successful in France, judging by the high rate of new business formation. Yet French firms remain very small…
James F. OehmkeMichigan State University This paper examines research and development (R&D;) activity, industry structure, and public sector and private sector research orientations in two transgenic biotechnology races. Key results are: the number of R&D; organizations follows a bell curve over time…
Loren W. TauerCornell University Data from New York dairy farms for the years 1994 through 1997 were used to estimate whether recombinant bovine Somatotropin (rbST) generated profits for adopters. Results show that the estimated profit impact of rbST, although generally positive, was…
Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo, Stan Daberkow, and William D. McBrideEconomic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture This paper examines the factors that influence the adoption of two emerging agricultural technologies, genetically engineered crops and precision agriculture in corn and soybean production, and contrasts…
Murray Fulton and Konstantinos GiannakasUniversity of Saskatchewan & University of Nebraska-Lincoln In the last ten years the seed and pesticide industries have undergone a substantial number of structural changes. These changes are due to a number of factors, some of which are…
