Farmer’s Supreme Court Challenge Puts Monsanto Patents at Risk

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49. a great cry of jubilation would echo across the plains?

you can patent normal hybrids.

Monsanto developed Bt corn and Roundup Ready crops in response to a desire by farmers for these traits



develop the seed stocks not just to allow more pesticide use (in the case of Roundup Ready)

ONLY TO SELL MORE ROUNDUP THAT IS THE ONLY REASON. WHATSOEVER.

far less insecticide (Bt corn) but also to protect against incoming plant diseases and drought.

it doesn't use less, it is built into the friggin plant.

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Some US farmers are considering returning to conventional seed after increased pest resistance and crop failures meant GM crops saw smaller yields globally than their non-GM counterparts. Farmers in the USA pay about an extra $100 per acre for GM seed, and many are questioning whether they will continue to see benefits from using GMs.

“It’s all about cost benefit analysis,” said economist Dan Basse, president of American agricultural research company AgResource. “Farmers are paying extra for the technology but have seen yields which are no better than 10 years ago. They’re starting to wonder why they’re spending extra money on the technology.”
http://www.responsibletechnology.org/posts/us-farmers-may-stop-planting-gmos-after-poor-yields/

there isn't a farmer on the planet who wants seeds that suck.

once we get rid of big M, the scientists at universities that have the public's interest in mind can fiddle with GMOs, but they aren't really any good, so maybe they won't.