"Torsten Brinch" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 18:41:13 GMT, "David Kendra"
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:35:06 +0100, Oz
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The introduction of RR crops into the EU will be pretty well entirely
determined by the savings on herbicides. If more herbicides are
required
then it won't happen.

Unfortunately it's not that simple. Governments are under pressure
from the GM companies to introduce these crops, so it's likely that
they'll bow to that pressure...

They may grant companies permission to market RR crops but if it costs
farmers more to grow them then they will not remain in the market place
for
very long. It is simple economics. Farmers are looking for ways to
reduce
costs and improve profits.

So, the GM companies will seek to sell RR crops at a marginally
competitive price.

no, GM companys will have to pitch the price of their seed to that the
grower makes more profit than he would with a conventional crop.
If the margin on gm crops is lower than on conventional (and remember the
difference between margin and price) then the seed suppliers would have to
sell their seed cheaper than conventional seed.
But in many cases the only input price these companies can control is that
of the seed, in the case of sprays etc, the market in many countries is
pretty competitive, especially in the field of generic products.

Jim Webster