Monsanto is a HUGE monopoly. Thier research has been profitable in production but extremely costly in planting. Farmers used to routinely catch seed from their own crop for PART of the next year’s planting but it is illegal for GM seed to be caught. So using their seed is a dead end, one time use activity. I could go on. AT some point, it seems that these seeds would be treated like generic medicine.
Also, this is one big expense justifying crop subsidies.
Yeah, farmers “used to routinely catch seed from their own crops” —yeah about 70 years ago before hybrids were developed (even before GM seeds).