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How are they supposed to prevent their fields from contamination with Monsanto seeds?
That is the point. That is what Monsanto wants to happen. The Farmers will be forced to buy their seeds.Also The farmers lose money with these crops. Since like it cost 2.50 to grow the corn but they can only sell it for 1.50. So what do you think the government will do to help the farmers?
Like I said, it's borderline because the government is directly involved with policing private business. But, in the end, it's all about national security. The integrity of the food and water supply of a country is the country's business and the fact of the matter is that Hungary was being attacked by a national socialist foreign power. I guess they learned their lesson when Horthy made a "deal with the devil" during the 20's and 30's..
If you haven't been following this then you'd need to google the various stories of farmers going to jail and being sued for patent infringement over the years.
I stopped growing corn myself (heirloom seeds on a small scale) because I'm surrounded by GMO corn fields.
i've been following it, but i'd like to see your examples that prove the rule.
My examples are that I've read more stories of innocent farmers being sued than farmers that intentionally tried to rip off Monsanto.
so you have no examples of innocent growers going to jail?
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If you haven't been following this then you'd need to google the various stories of farmers going to jail and being sued for patent infringement over the years.
That may be the exception rather than the rule. More innocent farmers get their fields contaminated because the field across the road is GMO corn and the wind blows or the grain trucks pass their field loaded with GMO seed. And the farmers have no recourse in court.
They are sued for "patent infringement" by Monsanto.
Monsanto has even filed a patent on breeding methods for pigs.
Anyone using that method owes Monsanto patent money or else can get sued for "patent infringement".
Post the court cases.
Sorry, but every time I have read about a farmer being sued for patent infringement. It usually comes out that they have intentionally started to harvest the seeds themselves. It's never that "the wind blew pollen" onto their field when it comes down to the real reason they are being sued.
so you have no examples of innocent growers going to jail?
Off the top of my head..no.
But I've been following this for some time now since I live in farm country.
I keep tabs on what's going on because I do grow and have livestock.
Granted it's on a small scale but what the big farmers around me plant can have a direct effect on me and I wouldn't even know it.
The company subpoenaed Parr's bank records, without his knowledge, and found his customers. After receiving calls from Monsanto, some of them stopped talking to him.
"It really broke my heart," Parr said. "You know, I could hardly hold a cup of coffee that morning,"
Monsanto won its case against Parr, but the company, which won't comment on specific cases, has stopped its legal action against the Runyons.
And now four states, including Indiana, prohibit seed suppliers from entering a farmer's property without a state agent, tactics which have threatened a way of life.
Monsanto is acting just like any national socialist government agency would. Obtaining bank records without the approval of the individual, for example.
Sorry, but every time I have read about a farmer being sued for patent infringement. It usually comes out that they have intentionally started to harvest the seeds themselves. It's never that "the wind blew pollen" onto their field when it comes down to the real reason they are being sued.
You go try to beat a large company in the legal system.
Sorry, but every time I have read about a farmer being sued for patent infringement. It usually comes out that they have intentionally started to harvest the seeds themselves. It's never that "the wind blew pollen" onto their field when it comes down to the real reason they are being sued.
Well then feel safe in that Monsanto is protecting your food and their profitability by suing those nasty farmers that don't want to buy new seed from them every year.
The wind doesn't blow pollen and the trucks don't drop seed and Monsanto is able to contain their field trials to JUST THEIR FIELDS.
I won't try to convince you otherwise.
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