Ark. rice farmers sue company over hybrid rice

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Ark. rice farmers sue company over hybrid rice

A group of Arkansas rice farmers sued company that produces hybrid seed on Monday, claiming that RiceTec Inc. supplied them with seed that produced an inferior crop and sometimes didn't grow well enough to be harvested.

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wpsark - 7/17/2012 9:13 AM

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they're going to clone and hybrid crop seeds out of existence..

jwLonokeCo - 7/17/2012 7:49 AM

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worse - they come from a test tube. Firms like RiceTec and Monsanto have so hybridized and modified our seed stock that what farmers grow isn't fertile - they have to buy new seed every year. They can't retain some of this year's crop to grow next year because what grows this year won't produce fertile seed; they have to buy more lab-modified seed next year. We need to get back to the days of heirloom veggies and growing our own gardens (yes, I have a small one - and yes, it's a lot of work)

CptKirksnipple - 7/17/2012 3:37 AM

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I bet the seeds came from China!

ArkansasYankee - 7/17/2012 1:21 AM

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I do love our farmers and ranchers. Without them, there would be no grocery stores, and I'd have to grow, gather, and hunt my own food. I could do so if it came to that; but I'd just as soon go to the store. BUT; what's up with genetically-modified and hybrid rice? What was wrong with the plain ol' rice seed that has been around since God put it here? If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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