Colorado Corn Cultivating Opportunities

Banning the agricultural herbicide atrazine would cost between 21,000 and 48,000 jobs from corn production losses alone, according to University of Chicago economist Don Coursey. Dr. Coursey announced his findings at a briefing today sponsored by the Triazine Network at the National Press Club in Washington. The National Corn Growers Association is part of the Triazine Network.

Dr. Coursey estimates atrazine’s annual production value to corn alone to be between $2.3 billion and $5 billion.