In the face of consumer demands, many agricultural companies in this c

In the face of consumer demands, many agricultural companies in this country have stopped growing genetically modified strains of some of their crops and resumed growing unmodified strains of those crops. Clearly less genetically modified produce is being farmed in this country as a result of this switch than would have been farmed if those companies had continued to produce the genetically modified variants.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument above?


A. Many of the farms that have switched at least partly to the unmodified crops have increased their output.

B. By meeting consumer demands, companies will sell the unmodified version of a particular crop more successfully than they will sell the genetically modified version of that
crop.

C. More farming cost is incurred by farming the unmodified version of a particular crop than by farming the genetically modified version.

D. The companies that have switched to unmodified versions of some crops have not altered how much farmland they use to grow each type of crop.

E. The production of the new amount of unmodified produce did not require as inputs any more modified produce than the new amount of unmodified produce had replaced.