On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:52:40 +0000, Oz >
wrote:

>Buxqi > writes
>>
>>Is this with current or future crops? Most of what I read suggests that GM
>>crops have yet to yield any real benefits.
>
>Oh, that's simply not so. Notill in the states has drastically reduced
>erosion and improved cropping patterns resulting in yield increases
>simply because high yielding crops can be sown more often. Its huge use
>in south america, india and china strongly suggests (virtually proves)
>that the local farmers consider GM to have significant benefits.
>
>>Mind you I live in a country
>>where the vast majority of people, including journalists seem somewhat
>>prejudiced against them.
>
>Indeed. Ignorance is bliss. However in this case the simple
>unavailability of world supplies of NON-GM soya and maize has and will
>cause problems. EU farmers cannot get or use such materials so
>inevitably we will be buying pork and chicken from the countries that
>can feed cheaper and more available maize and soya, that is south
>america and asia. These areas are well known for their high levels of
>animal welfare and hygiene (irony).

The irony is that you are too stupid to see it! How is a factory
farmed chicken from the UK any worse of than a factory farmed chicken
from any other part of the world. It's simply not possible to treat
them any worse than they already are.

It leaves a fowl taste in ones mouth to hear a pro hunt loon brought
up on farming handouts suggesting he is even in the slightest
compassionate about animal welfare. <spit>