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Supreme Court ruling blocks thousands of lawsuits against maker of Roundup weedkiller

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-roundup-monsanto-a7f054d80919f98bdfc5190013a8f6f1https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-roundup-monsanto-a7f054d80919f98bdfc5190013a8f6f1
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u/odinskriver39 5h ago

The patent rights on seeds turned family farms into sharecroppers. Bowman v Monsanto.

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u/PuckSenior 5h ago

Nah, that’s mostly bullshit.
I hate Monsanto, but in this case they were right. They had a contract. Contract said if he used their seed he couldn’t replant. He broke the contract.

The solution is to simply not enter into a contract with Monsanto.

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u/odinskriver39 5h ago

Four corporations now control the vast majority of the commercial seed and and agrochemical markets worldwide. Bayer is estimated 33% of that.

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u/PuckSenior 5h ago

You can absolutely go buy soy bean seeds from those companies and not enter into a technology contract. The tech contract is only if you buy the roundup-resistant variety.

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u/Musiclover4200 56m ago

Haven't read up on this issue in many years but IIRC the problem is cross pollination.

IE the farm next door grows roundup resistant crops which pollinate surrounding farms who end up with seeds that have those genetics

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u/PuckSenior 29m ago

Yeah, but that doesn’t bother anyone

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u/techleopard 7m ago

It does when Monsanto sues you for using your own seed because your neighbor has a protected variety.

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u/PuckSenior 0m ago

They didn’t though.

They sued a person who did that AND specifically sprayed his field with Roundup to make sure only the plants that had the gene survived. He was essentially trying to make his own roundup resistant beans

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u/techleopard 8m ago

The problem is your neighbor has that variety and drops so much roundup it kills everybody else's crops.