Use of innovative Plant breeding technology will be essential to enable growers to meet challenges of reduced availability and use of active ingredients and may go some way to improving sustainability.
Do people “really” want us to farm without the benefit of modern technology? I’m not sure the Landworkers would want a return to the methods and business structure characterised in the days of the Tolpuddle martyrs.
Not if the traits are designed and owned by the same multi national corporations that sell GM abroad and the chemicals. It won’t benefit the farmer or consumer.
We should nationalise this technology for the good of the populace!It’s already happening @ajd132 In a recent TAG meeting we were hearing about an new variety called Wolverine that has BYDV resistance. According to TAG there is a proposal to price this at a seed price + the “cost saved” of BYDV application. Also I believe this variety will be subject to the BIPO plant royalty system which means you will be paying more even if home saving.
We should nationalise this technology for the good of the populace!
We should nationalise this technology for the good of the populace!
So have Landworkers Alliance had a democratic vote of all their members?i don’t understand why they don’t have member ballots on these very fundamental policy issues like this and Brexit
is that too much to ask from a orgsnation that claims to democratically represent its members ?
it’s really not hard to organise with technology these days so practical limitations are just not excuse
the fact they don’t creates serous questions in my mind, i think are afraid of the results they might get and truly think they know better than their membership - Brexit policy being a great example of that arrogance
100% behind it,it’s called progress and if clearfield rape is anything to go by it saves money in the long run
Seems a bit silly to write off a new technology just because you're not sure about some of the ways it may be used.
Potentially its another tool in the box, all kinds of opportunities may come from it.
Exactly, why farmers are so blind to this is beyond belief. Absolute lemmings.this is my concern - who REALLY benefits ?
i have no issue with the technology but why as farmers do we want to be more dependant on input suppliers to help us supply already oversupplied food ?
all this does is drive prices down and input spend up
........... lemmings !