Biotech fuckups..

[undergroundpanther]

Biotech instills fear and loathing in California rice belt
PAUL ELIAS
Associated Press

PRINCETON, Calif. - Fourth-generation farmer Greg Massa was in the middle of the rice harvest and he was dirty, angry and depressed.

The price of the gasoline that powers his water pumps and rice harvester has never been more expensive. A late planting season, hot summer and rising expenses had ensured a less-than-stellar harvest, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasting a 13 percent drop compared to last year.

So the last thing Massa needed was a biotechnology blunder so disastrous that it prompted the rice industry's biggest export customer - Japan - to prohibit some varieties and threaten to ban all U.S. imports. The European Union is making similar threats because genetically engineered rice continues to turn up on grocery shelves in Europe.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/15767396.htm

[leftchick]

1. did he trust monsanto?

that would be his fuck up.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. perhaps not his mistake...

but one of his neighbors? You can't stop pollen from spreading, and Monsanto has always known that, the evil bastards.

[leftchick]

3. very true

and an excellent point. Our world has been poisoned by these greedy rat bastards.

[Maine-i-acs]

4. Wasn't Monsanto (this time ...)

Bayer CropScience did the deed. But further study in Eurpoe suggests widespread GM contamination of rice, and not necessarily from this prohibited trait. Nonetheless, Rice exports to Europe should be GM free and are not ... rice farmers are pissed.