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Originally Posted by JFK
Why Shouldn't they be able to patent protect that seed? Cargill/Viterra/Monsanto/Bayer/Dow put millions and millions and millions into researching and developing that seed.
If it wasn't patent protected, anyone and everyone would sell that seed and it would sewer the price. These companies would never get back the money they invested into developing this seed, and so they simply would not invest any money or time into it at all.
It's because of these companies and their patent protected seed that farmers are able to buy high yielding, high protein, disease resistant seed.
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Exactly - look at the price drop in glyphosate the last two years. The amount of chemical companies now selling the slightly different varities is staggering.