From a current farmer who has never, ever, met another farmer that has been trespassed upon or sued ... I second your comments.
Someone reads it on the interwebs and repeats it. Somebody will read it on this thread and repeat it as fact
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There is a Canadian case and no, he didn’t purchase their seeds and they had no contract with him.
They would have produced that contract in court and they didn’t, actually with the contract—it would have probably never went to court.
Yet, somehow without this contract they collected plants from his field,in order to bring a case against him.
I’m not saying this guy Schmeiser is all above board and some of complaints about GE isn’t environmental hysterics or whatever.
I’m just saying that there are issues about this that bothers me. I’m open to listening/reading anything and dropping my worries—because obviously GE can be very helpful and good.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Monsanto_Canada_Inc._v._Schmeiser
As a farmer, we have contact with the local Monsanto rep, and he has never been anything but helpful. That doesn't mean that we look at Monsanto as a big, benevolent entity. They operate in a very competitive market and they are aggressive. But they are not going around trying to sue farmers out of existence. That makes no sense at all.