Please refer to your textbook, pg 153 and 154 – Case Study: A New Pesticide Cocktail. Once you have

Case Study: A New Pesticide Cocktail
Please refer to your textbook, pg 153 and 154 – Case Study: A New Pesticide Cocktail. Once you have
reviewed the information, please answer the questions below:
1. Why would croplands that consist of corn and soybean plants be a prime location for pest
(insect and plant) invasion?
2. What happens with species that live in an ecosystem where there is constant disruption?
3. What has been the agricultural impact of the “seed systems” that were introduced by Bayer-
Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences since the early 1990’s? What has been the cost trend?
4. What is the “pesticide treadmill”?
5. Do you agree with the author’s assertion that as more of the population moves to the city, it
becomes harder for people to understand the complexity of the agricultural production system?
Why or why not?
6. What has been the trend between 1992 – 2014 regarding the amount of soybean and corn crop
use? What is the reason for that trend?
7. Do you believe that the use of pesticides/herbicides is justified moving forward? Why or why
not?