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Re:Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn by eru on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @05:43AM (#28126833)
That might sound appealing, but economics isn't with you here.

In addition, the farmland in eg the US isn't going away, just because you drop subsidies and tariffs from corn. People will just grow something else there, when corn isn't as profitable anymore.

(Or the land might drop in value.)

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Re:Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn by bigbillheck on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @09:43AM (#28128740)
Farmland in the US has been going away for years, and getting turned into developments and urban sprawl.
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Re:Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn by fennecfoxen on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @09:50AM (#28128840)
For context, about 5% of the US is developed, and about 45% is used as farmland. Sprawl can be pretty bad and still not have much of an effect.
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Re:Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn by eru on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @09:47AM (#28128799)
Do you have numbers on how much of an issues that is?
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Re:Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn by bigbillheck on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @03:46PM (#28133334)
3-ish percent between 1992 and 2012: https://www.ngfa.org/newsletter/report-outlines-dramatic-los... (and it's disproportionally the good land)
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