Flax?

[bucket]

What is the current situation with the Europeans as they stop buying flax?

Something to do with finding a genetically modified flaxseed gene marker.

Does it go back to the early part of the decade when someone was developing gm flax and europe said no thanks? So the variety Triffid was disposed of - supposedly. Or did some honest seed grower keep a little for himself to keep expenses down?

Currently there are no bids on flax and the overage on contracts goes to 6.50/bu.

Where is mr. Merchant on this one? If some buffoon kept that gm flax and screwed the market he should be facing a class action suit as there is no gm flax varieties registered.

[furrowtickler]

They are going to lower the price as far as possible before they have to start to buy. Same as you going to Wal/peavy mart. Harvest it, store it, and go hunting in Nov., enjoy X-mass season in Dec, it will all be good in Jan/Feb/Mar - JMO.

[Fransisco]

Looks like they might be starting to realize how crazy their zero tolerence policies really are.


EU Agricultural Ministers To Mull Risks Of Strict GMO Policy

The European Union Council of Agricultural Ministers will meet
Monday to discuss the economic risks posed by the EU's tough policy of
rejecting agricultural imports that contain tiny residues of
unauthorized genetically modified material, an EU official said Friday.

The issue made headlines in June when Germany and Spain blocked
cargoes of US soy...one of which amounted to 35,000 tonnes...that were
found to contain traces of GM corn not yet approved in the EU. After a
number of separate incidents, a total of 200,000 tonnes of soy had been
denied entry by mid-July, according to the EU Commission.

High on the agenda of the Agricultural Council will be the problems
faced by the trading block's livestock industry, which is hugely
dependent on imports of soymeal as the chief component of animal feed.
Feed and food industry representatives have warned due to tight global
stocks the EU faces severe soybean shortages and soaring feed prices in
the coming months unless it eases its zero-tolerance policy.

[parsley]

"But European customers, which buy 60 per cent of Canada's flax, said they didn't want to buy any GM flax."

"<p></p>
<p class="EC_style8ptBK"><strong><a href="http://www.rense.com/general11/gm.htm">("Tell the buyers they're stupid and they don't know what they want!" Was that what the 40 farmers multiplying the seed were thinkin'?)</a></strong></p>

[parsley]

Who's singing, "Someone to watch over me?".......
"<p></p>
<p class="EC_style8ptBK"><strong><a href="results indicate the presence of NPTH, a genetic marker">(results indicate the presence of NPTH, a genetic marker..maybe God put it there)</a></strong></p>

[parsley]

&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;EC_style8ptBK&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[URL="http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/11474-flax-prices-dive-over-gmo-concerns"](results indicate the presence of NPTH, a genetic marker..maybe God put it there)[/URL]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[parsley]

&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;EC_style8ptBK&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[URL="http://www.non-gmoreport.com/articles/dec08/non-gmo_organic_grain_contracts.php"](Can you name the Big 40 flax farmers who just expanded the organic buyers list?)[/URL]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;EC_style8ptBK&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;& lt;a href=&quot;http://news.tradingcharts.com/futures/3/7/128653973.html&quot;&gt;(And do you suppose the Big 40 will get a Christmas card?)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[parsley]

And...........


WHO SHOULD PAY?

[parsley]

AND .........

who is dying to eat the beef ...who ate the feed...manufactured from the crushed flax blended into the feed?

If it's banned from Europe, why are Canadians unknowingly consuming i?

And where the hell is CFSA?

And where is the CGC? Still filling deer poop bags, boys?


Which brings us to loss, and responsibility.

Such troublesome little details, right?

Do you have ANY idea of the enormity of the losses here?

Parsley

[mbratrud]

If this proves to be the result of a producer keeping back and growing a product that couldn't be registered, I agree that producer should be made and example of. Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy about changing rules on KVD. There is always some A$%%^$E out there that can't play by the rules. This is going to be very costly.