Posted on 07/12/2018 4:59:13 AM PDT by reaganaut1
There is a market in the US and elsewhere for all of that product.
I have not purchased a single Smithfield product since China aquired Smithfield. I also spread the word to all friends that China owns too much of America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This deal should never have been approved on the basis of National Security.
After all; that's what it is all about.
Thanks. Will look into that more later too.
“Seed licensing laws”? There is no such thing, doesn’t exist. There is patent law which for plants is 20 years, no execeptions which has remained pretty much unchanged since established. Perhaps you mean the licensing agreements written into the seed purchase contracts, which are are not subject to lobbying efforts before congress.
You should buy a vowel or a clue or something.
More Americans will be helped by the tariffs than hurt by them. Our country will be a lot stronger.
PVPA is seed licensing. And title 5.
I know what I am talking about.
Wheat seed is not patented, at this point they are not GMO.
I don’t know who you are, but it makes no difference.
Plant Variety Protection Act.
https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/Plant%20Variety%20Protection%20Act.pdf
And it is more complicated than just the act.
Syngenta hired the top seed breeder from K-State (Riley Sears) and from Texas A&M and partnered with both universities. They subsidized the program, Syngenta’s lawyers took care of legal actions.
They wanted to be baby Monsanto.
Since then Syngenta sold to a part of the ChiCom Government.
So, question is, what kind of partner is this for the Universities now?
My family has owned/operated farms in this county since 1889. Long enough?
We have produced Certified planting seed under contract for many years. We no longer deal with Syngenta. It is unclear at this point whether we will continue long term. It is not a simple matter and droughts and mother nature further complicate it.
Yes, the POLs are bought.
Correction.
We never have dealt with Syngenta, we quit A&M as seed source after that change took place.
We did deal with Mr. Watley in Spearman for a variety of seed he produced from A&M.
It’s still only good for 20 years, same as a plant patent or even a utility patent. IP protection for plant breeders has been good for mankind.
I seriously doubt that the lobbyists could ever get the clout to expand that length like Disney did with copyrights. That happened because entertainment is unessential to life, even then, when Disney lobbied for further extension, they got the cold shoulder because Congress correctly gauged public animosity towards any further extensions.
I think the voting public would pretty much go ballistic on extension of plant protection because everybody eats.
Congress can also wipe out those protections just as easily as they created them. The foodies and envirals are always wailing about patented seeds now, their heads would explode if Congress seriously took up considering extending them.
What do you do for a living?
Are you in Canada?
Anyone wanna be RICH!???
Find an economic use for Kudzu vine!!!
Keep the Kudzu where ever it is, we have enough invasive plants already.
smile.
LOL, with GMO technology that may be possible.
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