The use of GMOs can be linked to the production of higher yields. Farmers around the world rely on their yields to make a profit; by incorporating genetically modified crops into farming methods, farmers are able to produce more product on less farm ground. Gary Brester, a retired Montana State University economist, proves this when he states, "It takes 70 percent less farm labor to grow the same amount of crops today than it did 60 years ago. The amount of land to produce the same amount of food has been cut 30 percent" (qtd. in Lutey par.14). Essentially, without the use of GMOs, farmers would have much less ground to use as farmland. GMOs have been so successful in countries like the United States that farmers all around the world have begun to use these methods. Marc Van Montagu, author of “The Irrational Fear of GM Food,” claims that genetically modified crops are being planted on a fourth of the world’s farmland by approximately 17.3 million farmers (par. 1). This indicates that GMOs are beginning to change the face of farming because of their success in the United States as well as other countries. Brester continued to explain in detail how, beginning in 2007, farmers reported higher bumper crop acreage and that within a decade, tonnage had increased every year and Montana farmers reported hitting 36.4 average tons of sugar beets (qtd. in Lutey par. 7). However, farmers in Montana were not the only agriculturalists to experience an increase in crops yields. Another example of the importance GMOs play in increasing crop production can be found when analyzing Mohammad Rahman and his small farm located in Bangladesh where eggplants are grown. Recently, Rahman was supplied a pest-resistant variety of eggplants by a government-run agricultural institute. Mark Lynas, author of “How I Got Converted to G.M.O. Food,” remarks on behalf of Rahman, “Productivity nearly doubled. Mr. Rahman had already harvested the small plot 10 times, he said, and sold the brinjal (eggplant's name in the region) labeled ‘insecticide free’ at a small premium in the local market" (par. 3). Without the use of genetically modified eggplants, Rahman would not have been able to produce the high yields that resulted in more product to be sold at the market. Also, Lynas comments on the conventional Bangladesh farming methods when he describes how farmers spray their crops over 140 times in a season; however, with the new genetically modified eggplant seeds, Mr. Rahman did not have to spray his crops, and in turn, his eggplants were safer in regards to consumption (par. 7). Without the use of GMOs, farmers around the world would be harvesting significantly lower yields. To better understand the significance of using GMOs to produce higher yields, it is important to compare the harvest data difference from the United States to those in Europe. In Europe, the use of GMOs is banned; farmers must rely on conventional practices only, and while farm production continues to grow, the results are beginning to flatten out. Brester attests to this when he says that United States farmers are producing significantly more amounts of food per acre than those in Europe (qtd. in Lutey par. 1). "United States farms average 40 bushels an acre more corn than farms in Europe" (Lutey par. 15). Because of the law that bans the use of genetic modification, European farmers are not able to compete with the high production yields of American farmers. The facts and data do not lie; GMOs should be implemented into farming practices all around the world if farmers want to not only produce more product, which would result in an increase of profit, but also to produce more food to help feed the growing population.