My mom's partner has been a farmer all his life and for the past few years he has been growing soybeans. I asked him once and he said something about how he has to comply with certain rules and that includes buying specific seeds. My guess is that they are GMO. He doesn't seem to really care much, because he has to pay his bills, but I feel it's like this for most farmers. They don't really care too much about what they are making. It's not that they lack compassion, it's just that they don't know any better and just agree with whatever rules are in place to maintain their work.