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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 322505" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p>I think it is a subject that you need to be an expert in to work out what applies to the US and what to Europe. It's hard to work out the origins of what is being grown where.</p><p> It seems that modern chemical hybridisation results in F1 hybrids( so sterile) This iseed was developed by companies like Monsanto and marketed by Cargill and has been grown in the US since the 1980s . I haven't found how much of the US crop comes from this type of seed.</p><p>This type of seed has ,up until now , been cultivated in relatively very tiny amounts in the UK.</p><p><a href="http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/arable/arable-news/hybrid-wheat-returns-to-the-uk/39010.article" target="_blank">http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/ara ... 10.article</a></p><p></p><p> In the whole of Europe there are 200,000 hectares in production using this type of seed ;170,000 of them are in in France. </p><p><a href="http://www.ble-hybride.com/Presentation-616.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ble-hybride.com/Presentation-616.aspx</a></p><p></p><p> It is an issue here at the moment with lots of placards demanding No taxation of saved seeds. ( not sure of the detail but farmers who save some of their seeds for next years crop are apparently to be taxed and the tax put towards research on new seed varieties, our local farmers just grow the odd field of corn for winter feed , They don't want to either pay tax or buy seeds every year.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 322505, member: 12578"] I think it is a subject that you need to be an expert in to work out what applies to the US and what to Europe. It's hard to work out the origins of what is being grown where. It seems that modern chemical hybridisation results in F1 hybrids( so sterile) This iseed was developed by companies like Monsanto and marketed by Cargill and has been grown in the US since the 1980s . I haven't found how much of the US crop comes from this type of seed. This type of seed has ,up until now , been cultivated in relatively very tiny amounts in the UK. [url=http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/arable/arable-news/hybrid-wheat-returns-to-the-uk/39010.article]http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/ara ... 10.article[/url] In the whole of Europe there are 200,000 hectares in production using this type of seed ;170,000 of them are in in France. [url=http://www.ble-hybride.com/Presentation-616.aspx]http://www.ble-hybride.com/Presentation-616.aspx[/url] It is an issue here at the moment with lots of placards demanding No taxation of saved seeds. ( not sure of the detail but farmers who save some of their seeds for next years crop are apparently to be taxed and the tax put towards research on new seed varieties, our local farmers just grow the odd field of corn for winter feed , They don't want to either pay tax or buy seeds every year.) [/QUOTE]
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