Comments on: U.S. wheat industry “petitions” for biotech http://blogs.reuters.com/commodity-corner/2009/01/08/us-wheat-industry-petitions-for-biotech/ Views on commodities and energy Wed, 22 May 2013 10:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Steve Savage http://blogs.reuters.com/commodity-corner/2009/01/08/us-wheat-industry-petitions-for-biotech/comment-page-1/#comment-335680 Steve Savage Fri, 15 May 2009 00:48:07 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/commodity-corner/?p=10810#comment-335680 This is actually very good news to people who care about feeding the world. We will be getting another 3 billion people on the planet by 2050 and it could level off there if living standards rise in the third world and that means demand for more food as well. Wheat and rice are the major human food grains and they have been falling behind in productivity because they are not GMO. GMO crops have been planted for >12 years on nearly 2 billion acres without any environmental or health problems. The scaremongers that are commenting on this article can't actually tell you about a real problem that has come from the introduction of this technology. The wheat industry really needs this technology and that is why there has been this unprecedented cooperation between the world's largest wheat exporters. I doubt that any of the people writing the negative comments are in the business of feeding the world. I am and I celebrate this This is actually very good news to people who care about feeding the world. We will be getting another 3 billion people on the planet by 2050 and it could level off there if living standards rise in the third world and that means demand for more food as well. Wheat and rice are the major human food grains and they have been falling behind in productivity because they are not GMO. GMO crops have been planted for >12 years on nearly 2 billion acres without any environmental or health problems. The scaremongers that are commenting on this article can’t actually tell you about a real problem that has come from the introduction of this technology. The wheat industry really needs this technology and that is why there has been this unprecedented cooperation between the world’s largest wheat exporters. I doubt that any of the people writing the negative comments are in the business of feeding the world. I am and I celebrate this

]]> By: drewbie http://blogs.reuters.com/commodity-corner/2009/01/08/us-wheat-industry-petitions-for-biotech/comment-page-1/#comment-335444 drewbie Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:02:24 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/commodity-corner/?p=10810#comment-335444 "That is why companies like monsanto are buying up the seed banks, they want total control over your food supply" Until they take away my ability to garden, this is impossible. “That is why companies like monsanto are buying up the seed banks, they want total control over your food supply”

Until they take away my ability to garden, this is impossible.

]]> By: jason http://blogs.reuters.com/commodity-corner/2009/01/08/us-wheat-industry-petitions-for-biotech/comment-page-1/#comment-335441 jason Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:18:14 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/commodity-corner/?p=10810#comment-335441 Hopefully it makes it off the shelf and into the toilet. Hopefully it makes it off the shelf and into the toilet.

]]> By: lois http://blogs.reuters.com/commodity-corner/2009/01/08/us-wheat-industry-petitions-for-biotech/comment-page-1/#comment-335439 lois Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:54:54 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/commodity-corner/?p=10810#comment-335439 genetically modified crops are biohazards which once unleashed into the environment turn nature on its head and poison not only the natural biogenetic cycle established for hundreds of thousands years, but also threatens the natual immune response of the humans and animals which consume the crops. independent testing has shown profound dangerous impacts on the environment and humans. longterm field tests have not been performed on gm crops to prove them 'safe' for people and environment. crop yields have not risen, farmer costs with gm crops have risen, superweeds have developed immunity from herbicides, and on and on. at a time when there is leapfrogging growth of serious diseases and compromised immune systems, the side effects of gm food warrant the immediate removal of gm crops from cultivation everywhere. genetically modified crops are biohazards which once unleashed into the environment turn nature on its head and poison not only the natural biogenetic cycle established for hundreds of thousands years, but also threatens the natual immune response of the humans and animals which consume the crops. independent testing has shown profound dangerous impacts on the environment and humans. longterm field tests have not been performed on gm crops to prove them ‘safe’ for people and environment. crop yields have not risen, farmer costs with gm crops have risen, superweeds have developed immunity from herbicides, and on and on. at a time when there is leapfrogging growth of serious diseases and compromised immune systems, the side effects of gm food warrant the immediate removal of gm crops from cultivation everywhere.

]]> By: A GILL http://blogs.reuters.com/commodity-corner/2009/01/08/us-wheat-industry-petitions-for-biotech/comment-page-1/#comment-335438 A GILL Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:43:28 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/commodity-corner/?p=10810#comment-335438 The health and environmental implications of of biotech crops are unknown and will remain so for a very long time. This is far too dangerous an issue to to gamble with. Farming, like any other business should not jeopardize their long term business prospects for short term gains. As with all decisions one must weigh the possible benefits and consequences. For farmers this is simple. Greaters profits against having no wheat crop at all or a very expensive one. When all crops are grown from few strains, the genetic diversity that took millons of years to acumulate disappears for the simple reason that nobody is planting them. Every strain has it's strengths and weaknesses. What will farmers do when a new disease afflicts this wondrous new higher yielding wheat crop? Where will they find a strain that is resistant? They may not. What will they plant in the place of wheat? The true wealth of this planet is it's biological diversity which is being wiped out in the wild and virtually nonexistent on farms. There is very little genetic diversity on farmland as farmers opt for higher yielding strains over lower yielding strains. That is why companies like monsanto are buying up the seed banks, they want total control over your food supply. This is nothing less than a part of a larger scheme of the elite to turn a free human into a slave by controling everything essential for your survival. Most people do not realize that they are already slaves today. The water supply, food supply and land are already privatised or in the process of being so. Less than one percent of the population owns nearly half of the total wealth. And the pace of privatisation is only speeding up. Controlling the food supply is the most important part the plan. They will be able to wipe out all opposition by starving it out. When this new wheat wondercrop falls victim to some sickness, the only source for a resistant strain will be in the seed banks which companies like Monsata own. Their price for their latest resistant strain will rise due to their monopololy over the seeds and farmers profit margins will shrink. This will all lead to much higher food prices down the line for the average consumer and reduced profits for farmers. Whomever in the NAWG is responsible for the drive is knowingly or unknowingly in the pocket of Monsanto like companies.How better to win the battle they previously lost than by making it look like they are ones who are being asked to bring out this new strain and not the other way around? The health and environmental implications of of biotech crops are unknown and will remain so for a very long time. This is far too dangerous an issue to to gamble with. Farming, like any other business should not jeopardize their long term business prospects for short term gains. As with all decisions one must weigh the possible benefits and consequences. For farmers this is simple. Greaters profits against having no wheat crop at all or a very expensive one. When all crops are grown from few strains, the genetic diversity that took millons of years to acumulate disappears for the simple reason that nobody is planting them. Every strain has it’s strengths and weaknesses. What will farmers do when a new disease afflicts this wondrous new higher yielding wheat crop? Where will they find a strain that is resistant? They may not. What will they plant in the place of wheat? The true wealth of this planet is it’s biological diversity which is being wiped out in the wild and virtually nonexistent on farms. There is very little genetic diversity on farmland as farmers opt for higher yielding strains over lower yielding strains. That is why companies like monsanto are buying up the seed banks, they want total control over your food supply. This is nothing less than a part of a larger scheme of the elite to turn a free human into a slave by controling everything essential for your survival. Most people do not realize that they are already slaves today. The water supply, food supply and land are already privatised or in the process of being so. Less than one percent of the population owns nearly half of the total wealth. And the pace of privatisation is only speeding up. Controlling the food supply is the most important part the plan. They will be able to wipe out all opposition by starving it out. When this new wheat wondercrop falls victim to some sickness, the only source for a resistant strain will be in the seed banks which companies like Monsata own. Their price for their latest resistant strain will rise due to their monopololy over the seeds and farmers profit margins will shrink. This will all lead to much higher food prices down the line for the average consumer and reduced profits for farmers. Whomever in the NAWG is responsible for the drive is knowingly or unknowingly in the pocket of Monsanto like companies.How better to win the battle they previously lost than by making it look like they are ones who are being asked to bring out this new strain and not the other way around?

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