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Monsanto's lawsuits against farmers are aimed at farmers that did not buy Monsanto seed. Monsanto says that because their seed and their plants are growing on
by nwenzel 14y ago
Monsanto's lawsuits against farmers are aimed at farmers that did not buy Monsanto seed.
Monsanto says that because their seed and their plants are growing on a farmer's land, that farmer must have stolen the seed and is benefiting from stolen property. So they want a cut of the gain from the stolen property.
The farmers say that pollen goes where the wind blows it and plants and their DNA spread naturally. The farmers say that they did not intend to grow a Monsanto product but because the Monsanto products grow in greater densities and are more robust than naturally growing soy and other crops, the Monsanto products crowd out the farmer's naturally growing products.