Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics

Re:Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics by jimmaswell on Friday May 17, 2019 @11:53PM (#19945487)

-You can still grow your own non-gmo crops. It is ridiculous you're on the hook for IP infringement for gmo seeds blowing into your field, but that's a legal issue, not inherent to the concept of GMOs.

-There's no reason genetic variety can't be introduced on purpose, and pest resistance is part of what GMOs select for.

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Re:Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics by deogeo on Saturday May 18, 2019 @08:32AM (#19947056)

> You can still grow your own non-gmo crops.

And go bankrupt, because you're competing against GMO crops. Just like there are damn few transport companies these days using horse-drawn carriages.

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Re:Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics by jimmaswell on Saturday May 18, 2019 @11:03PM (#19951181)

I was thinking more along the lines of a home garden. Someone else in the thread claims GMO tastes worse, in which case non-GMO brands would stick around as more expensive options anyway.

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Re:Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics by sgift on Saturday May 18, 2019 @02:14AM (#19945968)

> but that's a legal issue, not inherent to the concept of GMOs.

So, not an issue in theory, but in practice.

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Re:Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics by knodi123 on Saturday May 18, 2019 @12:07AM (#19945528)

> It is ridiculous you're on the hook for IP infringement for gmo seeds blowing into your field

Incidentally, this isn't something that has ever been a real issue.

One farmer claimed it was, but it was pretty conclusively proven that he lied.

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