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Of all emerging agricultural technologies in the last decade, biotechnology is arguably the most controversial. The introduction of recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) - a synthetic growth hormone that stimulates cow milk production - by the Monsanto Corporation in the mid-1990s, was met with vociferous debate amongst farmers, consumers, and researchers regarding the potential benefits and problems associated with this technology. Despite potential consumer objection, use of rBST has increased from 1.8 percent of dairy farms in 1994 to 15.3 percent in 1999. The adoption patterns of genetically modified crop varieties - Bt corn and herbicide tolerant soybeans - have been precedent setting, with potentially the most rapid pace of adoption of any technology in the history of U.S. agriculture. However, there is some evidence indicating a slight de-adoption trend of these technologies. PATS research examines farmer adoption, de-adoption, and attitudes toward these technologies.
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The "Gene Revolution" in Global Perspective: A Reconsideration
of the Global Adoption and Diffusion of GMO Crop Varieties. 1996-2002.
PATS
Staff Paper No. 9, September, 2003. [168 KB] 
Questioning "Loose Talk" about "Agricultural Biotechnology" and
Rethinking the Role of Molecular Biology in Public Research.
PATS Staff Paper
No. 8, August, 2003. [136 KB]
Update on the Adoption and De-Adoption
of GMO Crop Varieties in Wisconsin.
Research Summary No. 6, August,
2001. [38 KB]
Use
and Implications of Bovine Somatotropin for the Wisconsin Dairy Sector
in the
1990s.
PATS Research Report No. 9, June, 2001. [125 KB]
Technology
Adoption among Wisconsin's Dairy Farmers in the 1990s.
Wisconsin
Family Farm Facts No. 15, June, 2001. [65 KB]
Trends in
University Ag-Biotech Patent Production.
Food Marketing Policy
Center, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University
of Connecticut.
Research Report No. 58. March, 2001. [112 KB]
A Dynamic
Count Data Analysis of University Ag-Biotech Patents.
Food
Marketing Policy Center, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics,
University
of Connecticut. Research Report No. 56. January, 2001. [103 KB]
Dynamics
of GMO Adoption Among Wisconsin Farmers.
Staff Paper No. 4.
November, 2000. [178 KB]
The Adoption
of rBST on Wisconsin Dairy Farms.
AgBioForum, 3(2&3),
181-187. [31 KB]
The Adoption and
De-adoption of GMO Crop Varieties in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin
Family Farm Facts No. 10. September, 2000. [28 KB]
The Use of rBST
in America's Dairyland: an Update.
Wisconsin Family Farm Facts No.
8. October, 1999.
The Political
Economy of rBST Adoption in America's Dairyland.
ATFFI Technical
Report No. 2. May, 1995.
Use of rBST in America's
Dairyland.
Wisconsin Family Farm Facts No. 3. March, 1995. [57 KB]
Actionbioscience.org
http://www.actionbioscience.org
BioScience Productions, Inc., a non-partisan organization who promotes public
literacy in the biological sciences. Articles are available on genetic engineering,
genomic mapping, biodiversity, and more.
AgBioForum
http://www.agbioforum.org
Quarterly on-line magazine devoted to the economics and management of agricultural
biotechnology. Provide unbiased, timely information and new ideas leading
to socially responsible and economically efficient decisions in science, public
policy and private strategies related to agricultural biotechnology.
AgBiotechNet
http://www.agbiotechnet.com
Online news service. Includes information on cloning, genomics, genetic engineering,
in vitro culture, biosafety, intellectual property rights and other key issues
in agricultural biotechnology.
Ag Bio Tech InfoNet
http://www.biotech-info.net
Scientific reports, findings, and technical analysis that covers all aspects
of the application of biotechnology and genetic engineering in agricultural
production and food processing and marketing.
Council for Agricultural Science and
Technology (CAST)
http://www.cast-science.org
CAST assembles, interprets, and communicates science-based information on
food, fiber, agricultural, natural resource, and related societal and environmental
issues.
Council for Responsible Genetics (CRG)
http://www.gene-watch.org
CRG founded in 1983, is a national nonprofit organization of scientists, environmentalists,
public health advocates, physicians, lawyers and other concerned citizens.
CRG encourages informed public debate about the implications of new genetic
technologies.
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
(IATP)
http://www.iatp.org
IATP promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around
the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy.
IATP promotes policies that enhance sustainable food security and the right
to food.
Physicians and Scientists for Responsible
Application of Science and Technology (PSRAST)
http://www.psrast.org
PSRAST was founded in November 1998 out of concern for impartial, comprehensive,
interdisciplinary evaluations of the safety of new applications of science
and technology.
SEE Consortium
http://biotech.wisc.edu/seebiotech
Social, Ethical, and Economical impacts of biotechnology - provides information
for extension personnel and other non-school teachers and opinion leaders about
these aspects of agricultural biotechnology.
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
http://ucsusa.org
UCS is an independent nonprofit alliance of 50,000 concerned citizens
and scientists across the country. UCS augment rigorous scientific analysis
with innovative thinking and committed citizen advocacy to build a cleaner,
healthier environment and a safer world.
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