Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn

Re:Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn by gruez on Monday August 09, 2021 @11:33PM (#28124904)

> Spraying a field of glyphosate resistant GE corn with glyphosate kills the weeds and leaves the corn which improves yield since weeds use nutrients and moisture.

So the vendor lock-in is that... it's a better product? If that's what your idea of "vendor lock-in" is I can totally get behind that.

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Re:Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn by amanaplanacanal on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @08:14AM (#28127843)

The vendor lock-in is that you can’t replant the seeds next year, you have to buy new seeds from the vendor.

Frankly, I don’t know how common this is with corn, or are the farmers all buying hybrid seeds each year anyway.

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Re:Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn by 542458 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @04:40PM (#28134155)

I don’t know of any non-hobby farms that keep seeds. Saving seeds on mass scale is difficult, and requires specialist equipment. Many commercial seeds are pre-treating with fungicides and/or starter fertilizer as well, which is often worth paying the premium for. As you mentioned, some non-GMO plants (hybrids - common with corn, wheat, cotton) don’t produce good seed anyways.

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