Seems to me that if Monsanto owns that strain of crop, it's their responsibility to prevent it from spreading into other farmer's fields. If it can't be done... it can't be done. You can't blame a farmer for seed that blows onto his land. Those seeds are trespassing! If it was garbage, they'd have to clean it up. What's the diff?
The only way I see Monsanto dealing with this ethically is by either wiping out that farmer's crop (destroying all of their seed) and simply paying market value for the whole bunch. I don't see any issues there, Monsanto protects there monopoly over the strain, and the farmer is compensated for seed that he is unintentionally, yet illegally growing?
Maybe they already do this? Knowing Monsanto, I doubt it.
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