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RR Wheat - but who wants it? (was GM German Wheat Trials...)
It doesn't have the quaintly that we like.
Gordon "Torsten Brinch" wrote in message ... On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 03:15:09 -0500, "Gordon Couger" wrote: After a perfect year for wild oats in western Oklahoma Round Up Ready wheat would find a place if it could be sold. Depending on custom cutter and bigger combines have scattered wild oats every where and normal cultural practices in wheat won't control them. But you have Puma available to deal with wild oats in the growing crop, haven't you? It takes a long time in a summer crop to get rid of the seed and only a year or two to get it back from the ditches, combines and birds. Combines being the worst vector. In my farming it isn't a problem as land is only in wheat as cover or transition between crops for the most part. Neither wheat or cattle are worth enough to make it interesting. Gordon "Dean Ronn" @home wrote in message ... Even if Monsanto does manage to get a registration on this wheat, there's no danger of any producers wanting to grow this stuff. I retail farm supplies here in Saskatchewan, and also buy grain, as I manage a grain elevator. 96% of the canola seed that I sell is R.R. Absolutely none of my customers are interested in R.R. wheat. The primary reason for this is because we have sufficient in crop pesticides to handle the weed spectrum in a wheat crop. That, and having some great Red Spring Wheat varieties has put the kaybosh to this technology before it has gotten off of the ground. Dean "Torsten Brinch" wrote in message ... GM wheat in Canada not an option, says Canadian Wheat Board -------------- WINNIPEG - Adrian Measner, president and chief executive of the Canadian Wheat Board, was cited as telling Reuters yesterday that the group may consider legal action to stop Monsanto Co. from growing genetically modified wheat in Canada outside limited government-run trials, adding, "We've given strong assurances to our customers that we will make sure this situation is resolved in Canada and we intend to take whatever action necessary to do that." The story says it is the strongest statement the board has made to date on how far it will go to prevent GM wheat from being grown in the near future in Canada -- and one Mr. Measner plans to repeat to world wheat traders at an International Grains Council meeting in London next week. Mr. Measner was further quoted as saying, "Having it grown in Canada, it's not an option. The costs are just too horrendous and it needs to be addressed." The CWB asked Monsanto to agree by tomorrow to withdraw its application. It has not yet formally responded, he said. Monsanto has promised it will not commercialize the wheat until at least some customers accept it and until it can be dealt with separately within the bulk grain handling system. |
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