Comments on: Supreme Court Decision on Biotech Alfalfa – Who Wins?

By: Mica

Mica — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:24:08 +0000

@Iowa Farmer – I agree that there is no “silver bullet solution.” None of our products are silver bullets. No such thing in any industry.

I’m unclear on your comment about patent expiration. Are you talking about the expiration on glyphosate or on Roundup Ready soybeans?

By: Iowa Farmer

Iowa Farmer — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:47:48 +0000

Mica…The decision of the Court just shows how alot of money can get a good lawyer. Big business has never had the interest of anything but their own bottom line as a concern. I agree the only way you make a profit is by selling something customers want and need…but when that “silver bullet solution” comes with a price…is it a silver bullet? When Monsanto’s patent on a chelating agent..glyphosate/Round-up was about to expire…Bt genetics found their way onto the market place.

By: Ewan R

Ewan R — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:25:51 +0000

“Small time farmers” – trampled by access to seed technology which improves their bottom line and reduces their workload. Shackled by an evil corporation to not spend endless days in the field battling weeds. Oppressed into situations where rather than spraying for insects they get to do something else entirely.

By: Mica

Mica — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:01:08 +0000

D. – I think you are ignoring the interest of lots of farmers – both big and small – who are searching for tools to control weeds, protect their crops from insects and help them increase yield. Small farmers do use our technology. There are farmers who choose not to (both large and small), and they have always had that choice.

The only way we make a profit is if we sell something customers want and need.

By: Jersey Farmer

Jersey Farmer — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:47:28 +0000

This decision of the Court to allow GMO Alfalfa is another disaster waiting to happen for organic and conventional farmers,whose crops can be contaminataed by polination from the GMO crops, resulting in lost income and poisoning of the soil and water from the applications of Monsanto’s Roundup.

By: D. Hawkins

D. Hawkins — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:30:32 +0000

Seems to me that Monsanto is a company that from the beginning has only had their own interests in mind: never truly addressing their negative environmental impact or their trampling effect on small time farmers. Congratulations Monsanto for creating yet another unstable GM crop for America. We applaud your greediness.