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1. tptacek · 1789617633 · focus · HN ↗

   These stories have all basically been debunked. Monsanto did sue farmers. But they did so in cases where they had evidence that those farmers were not only planting IP-encumbered seeds, but also spraying them with Roundup. You can't do that accidentally: if your seeds aren't genetically modified, Roundup kills your crop.

   1. free_bip · 1789618274 · focus · HN ↗

      The entire concept of IP-encumbered seeds is cruel and dangerous.

      1. tptacek · 1789619025 · focus · HN ↗

         Why, because without IP encumbrance farmers would be developing their own glyphosate-resistant shikimic acid pathway enzymes?

         1. defrost · 1789626772 · focus · HN ↗

            They're certainly creating and spinning off their own not for profit Grains Research & Development Corporations funded by harvest profits to keep creating variations for ANOVA trials.

            Along with doing the same for billion dollar port and rail grain handling spin-offs.

            Maybe not the farmers you're thinking of, but farmers in the world are.

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