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"And so's their treatment of farmers who do choose to use their seeds" I grow some RR crops and am not sure what you are referring to here. For the most part,
by randomdata 15y ago
"And so's their treatment of farmers who do choose to use their seeds"
I grow some RR crops and am not sure what you are referring to here. For the most part, farmers weren't reusing their seeds to begin with. The people in the business of genetics do a much better job, which helps keep the farm profitable.
On my farm, in the last couple of years, we have moved to growing entirely RR-free soybeans because a market has opened for soybeans free of the gene, but it limited to few Asian markets that our local distribution network has been able to capture.
With all the complaints about Monsanto in America, I find it interesting that the North American market by and large still demands RR-present commodities. Farmers are left to fill that demand, whether they like Monsanto or not.