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RR Soy works better in rRomania than in USA
"Torsten Brinch" wrote in message ... On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 18:41:13 GMT, "David Kendra" wrote: wrote in message .. . On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:35:06 +0100, Oz wrote: 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 |
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