To preserve the future viability of Bt corn, no-tillers should consider rotating traits and crops and consider working non-GMO corn into their fields.
It Was About 6 years ago when the first cracks in the armor — in this case, Bt corn — were discovered in Iowa. And today, the threat of Bt resistance in corn hasn’t really lessened, as it’s been detected in many other areas of Iowa and several other Midwestern states, particularly in the western corn belt.