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The vendor lock-in is that you can’t replant the seeds next year, you have to buy new seeds from the vendor. Frankly, I don’t know how common this is with corn
by amanaplanacanal 5y ago
The vendor lock-in is that you can’t replant the seeds next year, you have to buy new seeds from the vendor.
Frankly, I don’t know how common this is with corn, or are the farmers all buying hybrid seeds each year anyway.
- 542458 5y agoI don’t know of any non-hobby farms that keep seeds. Saving seeds on mass scale is difficult, and requires specialist equipment. Many commercial seeds are pre-treating with fungicides and/or starter fertilizer as well, which is often worth paying the premium for. As you mentioned, some non-GMO plants (hybrids - common with corn, wheat, cotton) don’t produce good seed anyways.