My apologies. I’m a rancher, not a farmer, only time i use round up is to kill every thing. I had to read up on the Round-Up ready cotton, and I’m not sure what your worries are. Genetically modifying doesnt mean it would hazardous to wildlife. What i do find strange about this whole story, is the deer eating the cotton. I’ve got 3 sections, with my neighbors cotton fields bordering my west fence line, and i’ve never in 25 years seen deer eating cotton.
I can see the concern about them eating something that has been sprayed. I wouldn’t know if deer like cotton. It’s not a crop we grow around here. I do know they like corn, apples, and pumpkins.
I’ve heard some concern about genetically modified crops but it makes more sense that the concern is because there’s likely to be residue from the Roundup on or near them than the changes in the plants themselves.