"Jim Webster" wrote in message
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So you dismiss the current and predictable problems?
This might have been a little problem in a world with millions
of little farmers. Now the world is turning into one mega farmer
that uses the seed of one mega seed company and the pesticides
of one mega biochemical company all using the same technological
base.

you seem to forget that conventional seed varieties have a short life,
conventional seed production is a treatmill and new varieties are always
needed. This differs from the GM scenario exactly how?

Have you looks around lately to see who is breeding crops. In the US they
public breeders are getting old and retiring and the departments are using
their funds as salary savings. In other words the don't hire a new guy and
divvy up he money and stuff. Ten years ago the Oklahoma Board of Regencies
cased cotton breeding or any program on cotton no supported by law, or trust
fund. Texas has 1 man actively breeding cotton seed.

I expect we best be thankful the commercial guy are there to take up the
slack.

In the last ten years than state has quit funding ag research at oust you
get an office a phone 1/5 a secretary and all the money you can friend. I
think they are still milking a few cow that were around 40 years ago.

Grip