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German GM wheat trials approved but site sabotaged
"Torsten Brinch" wrote in message news On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 21:49:16 -0500, "Gordon Couger" wrote: The only major concern by farmers about RR wheat is it's marketability. It should be a major concern to them, if their customers send signals of "Don't want it. Don't need it", as reported in the article. There is no point in growing something that we can't sell. Exactly. There is a distinct possibility that RR wheat for bread could fall in that category. yes, but only a possibility. So far there isn't a lot of evidence either way, and the success of RR soya seems to indicate that the possibility is relatively remote. Certainly for a lot of the world last year the choice was to buy US, UK, or Ukranian, and the latter seems to be off the market for next year due to marketting scandals and the arrest of the agriculture minister Jim Webster |
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