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Genetic engineering has sky-high potential for our agricultural needs, but we've pissed that away with things like mass-patenting genomes and engineering for things like pesticide immunity over traits that are valuable to the environment or consumer.
There's no money in using it ethically, so I wouldn't place any bets on us changing course any time soon.