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Percy Schmeiser Many Canadian farmers want the Monsanto seeds, but while they can buy it for a price, Monsanto keeps the rights to the DNA itself. That's what makes the seed special and that's where Monsanto makes its money. Some 30,000 Canadian farmers use the special Monsanto canola seeds. It's estimated that 40 per cent of the canola grown in Canada is Monsanto's Roundup Ready canola.
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It is likely that Terminator will kill the seeds of neighboring plants of the same species, under certain conditions. However, the effects will be confined to the first generation, and will not be able to spread to other generations. The scenario might go like this: when farmers plant the Terminator seeds, the seeds already will have been treated with tetracycline, and ... the recombinase will have acted, and the toxin coding sequence will be next to the seed-specific promoter, and will be ready to act when the end of seed development comes around. The seeds will grow into plants, and make pollen. Every pollen grain will carry a ready-to-act toxin gene. If the Terminator crop is next to a field planted in a normal variety, and pollen is taken by insects or the wind to that field, any eggs fertilized by the Terminator pollen will now have one toxin gene.
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Scientists from Agriculture Canada say wind can blow seeds or pollen between fields, meaning the DNA of crops in one field often mixes with that in another. Seeds or pollen can ... be blown off uncovered trucks and farm equipment. But Monsanto seems to be saying it's up to farmers to dig out any Monsanto crops blowing into their fields. Several judges have agreed.
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Monsanto and the other companies that have invested heavily in biotechnology in the last two decades are starting to make some money after years of promises without products, and they are aggressively protecting their patented seeds. In a recent issue of the Farm Journal (Monsanto 1997), Monsanto ran a full page advertisement asking farmers to respect the company's property rights:
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Farmers who use genetically engineered seeds never actually own the seeds. Their seed contracts allow them to use the seeds, but ownership of the patented, genetically-engineered trait is retained by the biotech company. Therefore, these companies should be held liable for any damages that result from their technology, rather than the farmer.
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New in 2004, Ferry-Morse Organic seeds are certified 100% organic in complete accordance with the organic standards established by the United States Department of Agriculture. Ferry-Morse Organic seeds are ... Certified Organic by the California Certified Organic Farmers.
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