You can conduct scientific studies on GMO all day long, but when you witness your animals getting sick right before your eyes, there is nothing more telling than that first-hand experience.\u00a0Danish pig farmer<\/a>\u00a0Ib Pedersen was one farmer who saw immediate devastation to his pig herd after feeding them genetically modified soy. He\u2019s no inexperienced farmer, either. He supplies one of the biggest companies in his country, Danish Crown, with pork \u2014 more than 13,000 pigs a year.<\/p>\n He noticed pig deformities, spontaneous abortions<\/a>, and intestinal health issues before switching to a non-GMO variety of feed.<\/strong>\u00a0Just a short time later, he experienced, \u201cless abortions, more piglets born in each litter, and breeding animals living longer.\u201d In short, his pig farm became healthy and prosperous, and he wasn\u2019t spending as much on medicine to treat unhealthy pigs.<\/p>\n Another farmer, Troy Knoblock, who also raises hogs, switched from GMO feed to non-GMO feed a few years ago \u2014 not thinking there would really be a difference. He even says, \u2018We laughed about it,\u2019 when determining to go to a cheaper variety, which happened to be non-genetically modified. He had been keeping extensive records of his operation, and found that the money he was spending on drugs to treat ill hogs was cut in half shortly after going to non-GMO feed. He also saw fertility rates go up in his hogs \u2014 conception rates increased to almost 90% in many cases, and the size of the hog litters increased as well.<\/p>\n Knoblock says that\u00a0switching to non-GMO feed<\/a>\u00a0has made his operation,\u00a0\u201ca lot more enjoyable.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n