Thursday, March 10, 2011
Stink Bugs Are Creating An Economic Problem
An article in DailyFinance discusses the increase in the stink bug population. Not only do they emit an awful smell when threatened, they wreak havoc on crops. This is a big problem for farmers trying to recover in this economy. Their income determined spending would be completely eliminated if the problem gets too out of hand. As of right now, no one can come up with a solution to get rid of these bugs. A lot of people are turning to exterminators, though, so the bugs are helping that business significantly. It's even better for them because most of the affected property is farmland, and the exterminators have the opportunity to make a lot of money. GDP is taking a hit though, because the exterminators don't produce any products. The farmers do, and their product has been cut by 40% in some states.
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You say the the stink bugs are creating a decrease in farmers product being grown. Does this go to show that the pesticides use currently are not effective enough to keep the bug population in check around there plants? Will this cause pesticide producers to look at there product and produce a better product that is both effective and environmentally friendly? Do you think this will have a major affect in the amour of product available for consumers to buy? Like will it create a panic if it does create a decrease in product because the people will
Be demanding for more?
Although the GDP is currently lower than hoped for, the exterminators will help raise it even though they produce nothing. As they kill of the stink bug population, the farmers will be able to grow more crops again. The farmers, seeing a great production cut as mentioned above, will be able to produce more after the bug population decreases. The temporary fall in GDP is worth the ability of the farmer's to make a comeback.
I agree with Elizabeth. If the extermonators are effective, then they should be able to help the farmers, and the farmers can increase the GDP. I hhad no idea that stink bugs could be this hrmful to crops. It sounds like we need to figure out a way to cut down their population as soon as possible.
By having exterminators use pesticide on crops, does the quality of the produce go down? If so does this mean that farmers are going to have to start reducing their prices? If this is true then how much would the GDP reduce or grow?
By using the pesticides on the crops, I would assume the quality of produce would go down. In that sense, farmers will have to reduce the prices since the demand of the crops will decrease due to the fear of bad crops. We have seen these problems occur in the tomato industries due to pesticides.
According to current statistics the population of stink bugs has dramatically increased. This becomes a issue because not only is their stench wretched but also they are causing mayhem to crops. The mayhem they are causing to crops is not helping the economical downfall farmers are still working to grow out of. The only ones benefitting from this issue are the exterminators. Exterminators are now widely needed as a result to these annoying stink bugs. Farmers will remain in an economic downfall until a solution is found. I agree with Elizabeth’s suggestion. I think that exterminators should kill stink bugs so crops will grow which will in turn increase the economy. By helping the farmers the farmers will also be able to help the GDP. Although this solution seems efficient, it has its cons. By using pesticides to kill the stink bugs the quality and sanctification of the crops will go down. Before using this method to terminate the stink bugs we have to make a choice of whether or not we would rather the farmer’s economy to stimulate or if we rather the quality of the crops to remain at a good level.
I have heard that stink bugs do not really stink, but they are very destructive to crop since they suck the juices right out of the plant. Farmers could try getting a natural preditor of this bug to kill the bugs for them. I think bats eat all kinds of bugs and I have heard that skunks love to eat stink bugs even though they don't stink.
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