An interesting article indeed.
For me I know there are two truths.
1. Farmers in America are basically allowed to get away with anything that they wish environmental impact be damned.
2. The FDA is never going to go against the farm lobby. And before anyone puts much stock in the FDA; remember these are the same jokers who will NOT admit that vitamin C, D, and E supplements have a health benefit. But will still insist that drinking milk is some magical juice that provides super vitamins. And despite countless scientific studies to the contrary they still require schools to purchase it for children.
With that being out of the way. It is been shown time and time again the GMO corn is vastly inferior to non GMO when comparing nutritional values.
In the article the gentleman spoke of a story where a friend planted GMO beans and noticed a drastic reduction in whitetail consumption and increased consumption of other browse. They go on to speculate that it could be due to the presence of roundup. It is more likely however it is due to the drastically reduced nutritional value of GMOs.
I don't care what anyone says. You cannot take an organism, genetically modify it to be immune to a poison, inundate this organism with said poison, then claimed that it is 100% safe to eat by other organisms not genetically modified to be immune to said poison. Nature doesn't work that way. That's like saying that since a honey badger has an immunity to cobra venom that cobra venom is safe for human consumption. No. Just as the corn is genetically modified to be immune to the poison, the honey badger is genetically modified to be immune to the cobra poison. That does not mean that a honey badger marinated in cobra venom is harmless to eat.
One thing is for sure however. Modern agricultural practices, especially the use of herbicides and pesticides has all but eradicated the quail and pheasant populations. It's polluted streams to the point that some native fish species are all but gone. Created massive dead zones spanning thousands of square miles in the gulf and resulted costal erosion across the north gulf. This massive environmental impact is real, undeniable, and directly linked to modern farming practices and chemicals. Yet is is allowed to continue without an ounce of impunity or responsibility. So forgive me if I seem skeptical when big AG tells me a known poison of franken crop is safe to consume.