http://ruralpopulist.org/2005/12/12/pharma-crops-farmers-and-rural-communities/ Rural News and Views Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:29:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://ruralpopulist.org/2005/12/12/pharma-crops-farmers-and-rural-communities/#comment-1004 Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:21:14 +0000 http://ruralpopulist.org/2005/12/12/pharma-crops-farmers-and-rural-communities/#comment-1004 This actually got some space in the Iowa farm papers--probably because Wisner was involved. The article said the expense of protecting neighboring crops from pharma cross-pollination would about balance the benefits accruing to the pharma farmer. Recently one NW Iowa pharmer planted an acre of corn 200 miles from home on an island site that was sufficiently isolated from other crops. Long ways to take his cultivator! This actually got some space in the Iowa farm papers–probably because Wisner was involved. The article said the expense of protecting neighboring crops from pharma cross-pollination would about balance the benefits accruing to the pharma farmer. Recently one NW Iowa pharmer planted an acre of corn 200 miles from home on an island site that was sufficiently isolated from other crops. Long ways to take his cultivator!

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