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What farmers and seed businesses are saying about:
CHOICE
"It's hard to find older varieties of corn seed. I'm getting forced
to use whatever they put at you, be it double stack or triple stack."
- Emmetsburg, Iowa
"When they remove choice, they limit farmers’ ability to buy what they want and instead force them to buy whatever is offered."
- Langdon, Missouri "We are locked into a corner and we have to buy almost all Roundup-tolerant crops. We have to buy Roundup seed to get the latest genetics."
- Bunceton, Missouri
"An important question is: Will Monsanto bring the newest and best
genetics to the market in trait or non-trait varieties? It looks like
they’re moving toward all trait varieties, like triple stack."
- Hannibal, Missouri
INDEPENDENT SEED COMPANIES
"Smaller companies are filling a void that Monsanto’s not filling."
- Emmetsburg, Iowa
"Most farmers are loyal to small businesses in their town. They don’t want to see them go belly up."
- Bowling Green, Missouri
"They are squeezing [small companies] out of the picture. We don't have a level playing field."
- Spencer, Iowa INNOVATION
“Monsanto gets its hands on new technologies so quickly. They have a
monopoly on it and don’t do any new research after they get it.”
- Emmetsburg, Iowa MARKET CONTROL
“I love Monsanto’s product, but I’ll tell you what, they’re killing
us, it ain’t right. They’re taking all the seed. They’re going to make
it so we can’t survive if we don’t have their technology. And as soon as
something different comes along, they buy it. I’m against the way they
use their technology."
- Peru, Indiana
"They have bought up numerous seed companies and it is hard to not buy
anything that Monsanto gets a royalty from. This is a free country and
90% of all seed genetics should not be controlled by one huge company.
The government needs to break them up and not let them have a monopoly
on the food supply."
- Bunceton, Missouri
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