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» 28/01/2009 4:28:50 PM Thanks for the dummy spit comments. I am very sure that if the results were more favourabl.....
» 28/01/2009 10:31:27 AM The RR GM varieties in the trials are: GT61 (not a hybrid) yielded 0.59t/ha in Victoria an.....
» 27/01/2009 9:25:17 AM Agronomist, your usual defence tactic is to slam anyone that tells the truth. The press re.....
» 6/01/2009 4:22:42 PM Thanks for that reference, it is a good reference for explaining the concerns. The report .....
» 6/01/2009 11:59:23 AM I think it is obvious that the GM proponents are not going to convince those consumers wit.....
» 3/01/2009 11:39:19 AM Pro-GMers deliberately miss the point but this comment regarding organics can easily be ap.....
» 31/12/2008 1:13:30 PM Just because pro-GM activists claim GM is safe does not make it so. Just because they clai.....
» 29/12/2008 5:15:13 PM Oh come on Rob... Scientists have genuine concerns and exactly what money do they get for .....
» 17/12/2008 1:44:01 PM rstuart, Claiming that non-GM farmers are going to have a choice is not correct and that .....
» 17/12/2008 10:30:04 AM Lets think logically: Why would GM canola yield more, use less fuel through less tillage, .....
» 16/12/2008 12:42:00 PM Thanks for your statement to Bronwyn regarding corporate control. Arthur Anderson Consul.....
» 15/12/2008 2:09:03 PM Agronomist you really are a laugh. I've never said Canada can't sell its canola, I said th.....
» 14/12/2008 3:08:06 PM Agronomist (Scott Day), you are trying your usual tactics to sideline and miss the point b.....
» 14/12/2008 1:11:38 PM The regulatory process for GM crops is nothing more than a public relations exercise. Thi.....
» 13/12/2008 11:55:40 AM Thanks for the article, it provides an angle in the GM debate that needs further debate. A.....
» 14/08/2008 11:05:38 PM If independent tests were done, I am sure they would process both GM and non-GM the same a.....
» 10/08/2008 6:37:50 PM Rob from Canada, you have missed the point. Yes, FSANZ claimed that GM canola oil was safe.....
» 4/08/2008 10:58:59 AM No agronomist, you can't run out and do a test tomorrow. You need permission to do any tes.....
» 3/08/2008 1:27:29 PM The CSIRO tests for allergies from inserting the bean gene to a pea were interesting. Ther.....
» 3/08/2008 10:52:34 AM Lets look at the details of the testing of GM canola that was approved as "safe for h.....
» 2/08/2008 12:08:37 PM Some excellent posts that pretty well some up the debate. Agronomics and Economics: Agai.....
» 29/07/2008 1:38:41 PM Lets look at Brazil... All farmers pay a royalty to Monsanto unless farmers prove they hav.....
» 29/07/2008 10:48:22 AM Its worth knowing a little about the drive behind GM. Why someone like a director of cotto.....
» 28/07/2008 1:12:15 PM If living organisms could not be patented, GM crops would not be patented but they are. M.....
» 9/07/2008 7:13:02 PM An excellent article Bob, particularly the exposure of the government R&D sector. It is fo.....
» 16/06/2008 5:16:54 PM We would be stupid to accept that market risk when we don't want to. Why not change the pr.....
» 15/06/2008 6:03:16 PM If Australia ends up with the sort of totals that Canad has in ending stocks then it will .....
» 15/06/2008 2:52:58 PM And in the meantime, non-GM farmers lose their ability to market what GM sensitive markets.....
» 14/06/2008 1:54:01 PM What benefit? The "advantage" of RR is over as the canola has reached 6 leaf sta.....
» 14/06/2008 1:48:02 PM What ABARE has done is appalling but in line with the governments stance to provide a publ.....
» 11/06/2008 12:19:55 PM Try reading the full report rather than the summary. The reason the GM industry stormed of.....
» 10/06/2008 11:57:05 AM Contrary to Bugsys comment that "Non-GM farmers conclusions about the document don't .....
» 5/06/2008 3:04:13 PM Luckily the State governments (except NSW and Victoria whose state governments have also v.....
» 5/06/2008 1:53:31 PM The $12m/4 yr research findings found: - GM performance questionable - GM introduces addit.....
» 4/06/2008 3:27:07 PM It was not Percy suing Monsanto. Monsanto was suing Percy for a user fee and he opted to d.....
» 3/06/2008 3:34:10 PM Our stance regarding GM is to avoid non-GM farmers being adversely impacted. Percy's cas.....
» 3/06/2008 11:26:32 AM You are just not even remotely interested in the other angle. Lets look at yields: Statist.....
» 2/06/2008 3:09:09 PM No, I agree that: - That governments, scientists and industry players should not be subser.....
» 30/05/2008 1:16:41 PM It is very very important for farmers to know the legal implications of patents and patent.....
» 29/05/2008 7:34:12 PM If the law protected individuals from unfair corporate practises without requiring expensi.....
» 29/05/2008 12:51:40 PM Who said canola seed was treated with glyphosate? It is treated with fungicide and the QA .....
» 28/05/2008 6:19:01 PM You have just confirmed what I said. Clearfield is treated as GM, regulated as GM, charged.....
» 28/05/2008 11:37:30 AM Agronomist, please explain how GM canola will give less pesticide and less tillage? It can.....
» 27/05/2008 3:59:42 PM Please stick to better references Agronomist. Your pro-GM blog does not outrank the US Dep.....
» 27/05/2008 10:55:34 AM Like Canadian farmers were, we're told there will be GM canola yield advantages of 30-40% .....
» 26/05/2008 1:46:37 PM Aggression aside, why are so many ordinary people becoming activists? Mainly it is because.....
» 26/05/2008 9:57:16 AM Aggressive agronomist appears to be working more on attacking people with opinions than pr.....
» 25/05/2008 1:13:26 PM What have we got after 13 years since commercial release of GM? The same two traits they s.....
» 17/05/2008 5:58:05 PM What testing of GM and what choice is offered? Canola oil has NOT been tested and that is .....
» 17/05/2008 5:49:50 PM An excellent article Duncan. If the pro-GM activists with a vested interest truly believed.....
» 1/05/2008 1:04:05 PM Perhaps the medical dropout rates need to be looked at: Excellent marks are required to en.....
» 16/08/2007 5:28:01 PM Read the trial results Ian, non-GM hybrids yielded higher than GM hybrids. Why should we b.....
» 13/08/2007 10:03:49 AM Reality check Ian, What benefits? It does not yield more but costs more. What choice? We .....
» 10/08/2007 10:58:41 AM And who represesented the non-GM farmers views on the single vision document? The Network .....
» 9/08/2007 3:39:40 PM Also, most policies of support are conditional but the conditions have not been met. eg. A.....
» 9/08/2007 10:16:44 AM And how were the decisions made? Farmers believed misleading claims of higher yields, drou.....
» 8/08/2007 9:53:27 AM Perhaps if you read the comments and the reports I reference more thoroughly you could man.....
» 7/08/2007 12:47:29 PM If Monsanto only approve the trials that do not show adverse results, they are not really .....
» 6/08/2007 2:34:33 PM No, consumers will have very little choice to avoid GM products because it will be too dif.....
» 6/08/2007 11:17:00 AM Pro-GMers: Why demand there is not a problem when farmers are expected to pay if there is?.....
» 4/08/2007 3:48:25 PM Danny, how would this issue relate to GRDC funding towards plant breeding. Farmers pay aro.....
» 4/08/2007 11:48:02 AM Agronomist (Ian Edwards), you are extremely misleading but I think your bitterness against.....
» 3/08/2007 7:43:51 PM Ian, if you read Monsanto's Canadian contract, trials are not permitted after commercial r.....
» 3/08/2007 7:40:35 PM RobW, there is not a crop variety anywhere in the world that has the GM backcrosses that G.....
» 2/08/2007 7:32:33 PM You need to look at canola growing in the paddock, canola has been flowering for weeks now.....
» 2/08/2007 7:30:04 PM Ian Edwards (Agronomist), again you are only reading the summary and not the full report. .....
» 1/08/2007 7:27:41 PM Canadians and key markets (such as Japanese mills) realised that it was too difficult and .....
» 1/08/2007 7:13:52 PM I agree Ian, it sounds absolutely ridiculous and very unfair to non-GM farmers but this is.....
» 1/08/2007 7:07:50 PM It is a major problem that governments are withdrawing from research and development proje.....
» 31/07/2007 7:01:01 PM You don't seem to know much about the "coexistence plans". If a grower is to mar.....
» 31/07/2007 6:56:32 PM Ian Edwards (Agronomist) Yes I understand you don't have GM wheat to sell because you sold.....
» 31/07/2007 5:47:43 PM I think voters are ready for a change. The average person is working harder than they have.....
» 30/07/2007 6:26:05 PM There was no graph on your link but info is available on the USDA website. As I mentioned,.....
» 30/07/2007 6:19:08 PM Ian Edwards (Agronomist), you have again ignored the issue and it is laughable that you ha.....
» 29/07/2007 2:50:30 PM Cotton in its peak was only grown on 300,000ha, which is only 30 times the area of our far.....
» 29/07/2007 2:40:23 PM Australian yields are static because of drought, not because of plant breeding. Graph aver.....
» 28/07/2007 2:36:07 PM The farming groups supported GM because they believe the misleading hype that you can get .....
» 28/07/2007 2:25:25 PM Been in Perth for meetings so responses are a tad late: The farmer related problems of con.....
» 24/07/2007 2:35:43 PM Rick, We have debated this before in depth and as you rightly pointed out by referring to .....
» 24/07/2007 12:14:19 PM RobW, your link to your website does not lead anywhere so it is difficult to comment. I ha.....
» 23/07/2007 2:09:36 PM Rob, you seem to be deliberately misrepresenting the term "genetically modified".....
» 23/07/2007 12:07:14 PM Rick you really are clutching at straws and again resorting to childish name calling! I am.....
» 22/07/2007 11:10:42 AM If pro-GM activists really believed their misleading bulldust regarding GM crops, they wou.....
» 11/07/2007 1:54:38 PM Glad you read my website www.non-gm-farmers.com and for sharing the excuses for yields var.....
» 10/07/2007 7:24:04 PM Jennifer (Marahosey), are you being deliberately misleading? The consumer based traits in .....
» 10/07/2007 4:08:58 PM No, but your reference includes the data and disproves you well on a number of issues. Fi.....
» 10/07/2007 1:44:16 PM RobW, you missed the point. If some farmers give GM a whirl, the non-GM farmers will be fa.....
» 9/07/2007 1:00:19 PM Pushing something that is not profitable for farmers has a backlash. R&D future if GM was .....
» 9/07/2007 12:51:26 PM Agronomist (DT), the TT references you gave refer to over 20 years ago before the regulato.....
» 8/07/2007 12:51:10 PM As Agronomist insists on going on and on misrepresenting my statement, I will explain a li.....
» 8/07/2007 12:19:58 PM As I explained before numerous times, our committee is nothing to do with the government f.....
» 7/07/2007 11:00:29 AM Bugsy, No it does not mean loss of markets if we stay non-GM. The ABARE report does not sa.....
» 7/07/2007 10:58:32 AM Agronomist, back to agro namecalling I see (are you getting that desperate already). My re.....
» 6/07/2007 10:01:42 AM Please explain why there would be a market loss for not growing GM canola? No market is as.....
» 6/07/2007 9:39:55 AM Most farm lobby groups rely on GM information from the R&D sector and surprise surprise, t.....
» 5/07/2007 9:33:25 AM Bugsy, the non-GM farmers problem: If GM canola is introduced, all canola is considered GM.....
» 5/07/2007 9:19:41 AM Rick & Agronomist, I am sure it is no surprise for you to learn that Australia already use.....
» 3/07/2007 4:27:31 PM Judy Carmans profile can be accessed at http://www.iher.org.au/ . Dr Judy Carman has a Bac.....
» 3/07/2007 4:16:18 PM Bill, explain how comparing non-GM chemical resistant canola and our normal farming practi.....
» 2/07/2007 4:00:50 PM Yep and lies have led the pro GM debate. I would like to dispute the claim that farmers wa.....
» 2/07/2007 3:19:22 PM I too am on the WA Ministerial GMO Reference Group and can tell an opposite story. As cons.....
» 15/06/2007 12:12:57 PM Choice? What choice is available to non-GM farmers? We are expected to market as GM becaus.....
» 15/06/2007 12:06:21 PM What rubbish! The only commercial GM crops grown are Herbicide tolerant(Ht) or Bt. (ISAAA:.....
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