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biotech & famine
On 17 Aug 2003 10:33:10 GMT, Brian Sandle
posted: Gordon Couger wrote: They are by no means the total answered to the problem but they are a large piece. The reduction of pesticide, inkname: GMO URL: http://www.soilassociation.org/sa/sa...O12092002.html I've heard more lies from these crooks than..... [...] Increased use of herbicides: Contrary to claims from the biotechnology industry, farmers are now more reliant on herbicides (weedkillers). Certain crops have been engineered to be resistant to specific herbicides to enable farmers to spray weeds without damaging crops. Although it was claimed that only one application would be needed per crop, several are being made. In addition, weeds are developing resistance to these herbicides, and rogue GM plants that grow after a harvest (volunteers) have appeared and spread widely. In particular, GM oilseed rape volunteers- the GM crop most likely to be introduced in the UK - have spread quickly, and some plants have become resistant to several herbicides through cross pollination. As a result, farmers are making more frequent applications and reverting to older and more toxic chemicals. [...] erosion and nutrient transfer are extremely voluble to the farmer, the environment and the world as whole. Here in New Zealand we do not have commercial genetically modified crops. But we do have no-tillage. And? No till just needs glyphosate, or similar. Tilling is for pre-sowing weed control. It damages the soil so it's best not to do it. Use much less harmful chemicals. `Living Here' August 2003: (In Christchurch letterboxes today.) `No tillage is a method of directly sowing new crop or grass seeds into paddocks without ploughing or cultivating the soil. Thosae using this method say it uses less msachinery and cuts fuel, time and machinery costs by up to 70%.' And far less damage to the soil. Needs a herbicide. `The no-tillage method sees Simon leaving harvest residues on the ground, which improves the soil's organic composition and structure. "Because of our soil's high organic matter, it has better water holding capacity than soil under a culitivated system." Simon irrigates less than many of his cultivating neighbourts, but still retains good soil moisture levels. Moist soil is less likely to be picked up by the wind, he says.' Spot on. Glyphosate is the secret. Why did you think GM had anything to do with it? Just because of the connection with the hated Monsanto? Or because the lying soilassociation told you so? The big corporations would not be doing it if the state funded seed breeds had been funded and given a free hand in the matter but they ran into the same political correct carp at their institutions and went to work in an environment that appreciated their work and played them well for it. Don't blame business for picking up on a valuable process that the pubic funded research were not moving forward. It's a liability and now animaqls won't eat the stuff they are trying to recoup something by palming it off on poor countries. Bullshit!!! If you are concerned about big business direct you gaze and Nestle, Nestle gone GE free, I understand. A sound marketing plan coz of all the lying greenie scare campaigns about. Nothing to do with science, or the truth. Dunavant Cotton Co. and the other privately held ag merchants that make Monsanto look like the corner grocery store. Many of their higher ups can't set foot in the US with out being served with a subpoena for anti trust violations. Nestle did push milk powder instead of breast feeding, resulting in much suffering from lack of clean water and also less natural immunity from mother's milk. This is where regulation needs to curb the activities of corporations in a market situation. A free market always results in the weak being exploited by the strong. Otherwise, it ain't free. |
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