Considerable coverage in this week's Western
Producer.
Big question on government cutbacks, both here
and in US, and reliance on private equity for plant
breeding.
Times have changed since the early days of
canola development.
Wheat board quotas, farmer owned elevators,
intensive tillage and agrarian socialism have
mostly disappeared from the prairie landscape.
Personally, do not see multinational plant
breeding being any worse than farm equipment
technology or herbicide and fertilizer research.
Think research in genetics will increase our
productive capacity and we will only be worse off,
in comparison to others, if we don't encourage it.
Now if we could only convince railways to
increase capacity.
Producer.
Big question on government cutbacks, both here
and in US, and reliance on private equity for plant
breeding.
Times have changed since the early days of
canola development.
Wheat board quotas, farmer owned elevators,
intensive tillage and agrarian socialism have
mostly disappeared from the prairie landscape.
Personally, do not see multinational plant
breeding being any worse than farm equipment
technology or herbicide and fertilizer research.
Think research in genetics will increase our
productive capacity and we will only be worse off,
in comparison to others, if we don't encourage it.
Now if we could only convince railways to
increase capacity.