Posted on 02/01/2023 10:25:03 AM PST by CFW
A regulatory move within Mexico’s agricultural sector has U.S. farmers concerned it will "corn-er" their corn crop production.
"Most farmers, my generation and younger, have never even used conventional corn. We're not set up to do it. We don't have the equipment to do it," Hinkel Farms' Elizabeth Hinkel told FOX Business’ Madison Alworth on "Mornings with Maria" Tuesday. "So it would be a huge investment if we had to go back to growing conventional. And on top of that, our yields would be decreased."
American farmers are headed to Capitol Hill to voice concerns about Mexico’s proposed ban on U.S. imports of genetically modified corn, reportedly warning the move could become the most catastrophic thing to happen to corn farmers.
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No, that is the absolute worst. Especially oats. Especially in good light so you could clearly see all that dust you were breathing.
“...Monsanto got a few farmers on the program, then threaten to sue the others. The crops cross pollinated with the GMO seed.”
Yeah but I see that as an issue with the stupidity of letting people copyright genetic sequences. Should the first guy who crossbred citrus plants and created the mutant lemon have been able to charge everyone who subsequently planted a lemon tree a fee? You can own a lemon tree, but you can’t own the idea of “lemon”. Once it’s out there in the world, it’s out.
See post #26, and #27 for more information regarding the planting differences between a GMO corn crop versus, a non-GMO crop.
Well I think that it’s a good thing but I will say this; I’m good friends with some Mennonites and I know a farmer that has 200,000 chickens I told him he should grow his own feed and use the manure From other farmers because he has the contacts to do that. The Mennonites don’t grow genetically modified food so there are places to get it.
Exactly you’ve seen the problem 1st hand
Two sets of implements/attachments. One for Round Up ready is all about spraying. The other set is for cultivating. Maybe those other farmers kept their old cultivation equipment and this group sold all that stuff and went all in on Round Up ready GMO. We’re talking super sized equipment that could easily be six or even seven digit price tags.
We should never have gone GMO to start with. Thank you, Mexico.
The way food has been “modified” makes a real difference.
I remember that story too, but not the outcome.
I will by the GMO corn tortilla every time.
Coulda/shouda done that with vaxx shots. Brilliant idea!
Plant patents are good for 20 years regardless of the method of development.
All the GMO from 1980-2000 are now public domain. Yet people are still repeating the enviro whacko conspiracy nonsense from 40 years ago.
He lost because he was spraying his seed corn fields with round up to find the plants that had hybridized with the neighbors GMO corn in order to use it in his own development program. Clear intellectual property theft.
Media never tells the truth. They have a narrative and it’s never on the side of human flourishing.
“Plant patents are good for 20 years regardless of the method of development.”
20 years too long, in my opinion. But then again, I’m of the opinion that most intellectual property laws are obsolete and society just hasn’t admitted that we are living in a new era yet.
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Indeed some of the corn used for it not fit for human consumption labels read like a DuPont list and Dow product list.
Government regulations?
I agree that copyright law has been lenghtened beyond reason, but 20 years isn’t too long for plants because of the length of time it takes to propagate them. Even if gene splicing takes moments, still takes a long time to grow new plants in sufficent quantity to actually monetize the new variety. This is especially true for trees.
The holy grail in gmo ag is creating nitrogen fixing varieties of food crops so little to no fertilizer is necessary.
Imagine coffee and cocoa that grows in Oregon and doesn’t need fertilizer.
The restoration of the American Chesnut forest may be realized in my lifetime and I’m excited by that.
Well, given all these predictions of food and feed shortages, the farmers should not have any problem continuing to grow & sell GMO corn. Anybody really hungry isn’t going to refrain from buying for long - which may well include a bunch of Mexicans who’ll march on their gov’t if need be.
That's pretty cool!
My Dad was a Research Forestry Prof. (he also taught) who did a lot with Black Walnut. There, one is usually looking at 60 years or more for a return.
https://web.extension.illinois.edu/askextension/thisQuestion.cfm?ThreadID=23282&catID=196&AskSiteID=87#:~:text=On%20some%20websites%20I%20read,%2420%2C000%20to%20%2425%2C000%20range%20each. I have a Black Walnut in my yard in an almost ideal spot and I MAY live long enough to see it harvested...
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