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| Midwestern Farmers Accuse Chinese Communist Party Of Stealing Valuable American Seeds |
| 2023-08-05 |
| [Daily Caller] Multiple Iowan farmers accused the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Thursday of arranging the theft of valuable genetically-modified seeds in the U.S., according to Newsweek. The farmers alleged that Chinese nationals have been known to dig up genetically modified seeds, which are the product of scientific research and improve crop yields, making the seeds a valuable trade secret for the American agricultural sector, according to Newsweek. The farmers conveyed the allegations to a bipartisan delegation of congressional lawmakers who sat for a Thursday roundtable meeting in Dysart, Iowa. Farmers pay a fee in order to use the genetically modified seeds, one farmer explained to Newsweek. When Chinese nationals steal those seeds so that they can be used in China and allow Chinese firms to skip research and development, they are stealing American intellectual property (IP) and trade secrets in order to gain an advantage, the farmer elaborated. "In my opinion, it’s part of a much larger, country-wide, slow-motion heist of American intellectual property," Republican Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher, said during the roundtable meeting, according to Newsweek. "We have a duty to protect all our technology, whether it’s in Silicon Valley or in a cornfield here in Iowa." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #13 What’s the controversy over ‘terminator’ seeds? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-08-05 13:41 |
| #12 Give 'em credit. They know what to steal and they do not hesitate to steal it. They have zeroed in on what is valuable in America and they move aggressively to take it. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-08-05 11:50 |
| #11 Is America becoming China's Ireland as more food processing plants and food production acreage become Chinese owned? I read recently that China has no arable land left fallow, and almost half their population now overweight. Good thing they don't seem to like potatoes...yet. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-08-05 11:41 |
| #10 Chinese farmers already reuse the GMO crops harvested for next year's seed planting. A big no-no in their contracts w/ the GMO seed companies. Not like the CCP will enforce contracts if it is not in their interest to do so. |
| Posted by: Enver Slager8035 2023-08-05 11:26 |
| #9 Farmers sound alarm on Biden admin's agriculture policies: We're 'not doing well' |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-08-05 11:22 |
| #8 My money would be on Mansanto and US agribusiness before the Chinese. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-08-05 10:38 |
| #7 Mercutio for snark of the day |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2023-08-05 10:36 |
| #6 |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-08-05 10:29 |
| #5 Fang Fang had that covered years ago. She was stealing seeds? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-08-05 10:27 |
| #4 #1 spot on! This is a serious problem for the private citizen. Get yourself a seed vault immediately. This year I'm on my 3rd generation of green onions that originated in Osaka. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-08-05 09:54 |
| #3 Someone writes: Why go lurking around fields with a shovel. Just buy a bag or pallet or steal one from a warehouse. If they wanted genetic material from a research facility, send in a mole. Half the staff is probably foreign anyway. Bill Clinton let them walk all around high end military labs! Our real problem is not China or the CCP. It is traitors among us who look like us. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-08-05 08:51 |
| #2 C'mon man. Fang Fang had that covered years ago. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2023-08-05 07:54 |
| #1 As we already know the CCP has bought up 100's of 1000's of acres of US Farmland and 100's of 1000's of acres of US land around DOD sites. CCP has bought up or into a number of major meat supplying / producing companies. Note: Suddenly the media with its own silent to the CCP is trying to sell the LSD minded in the US, into going Vegan and eating Insects. As we know the CCP has bought up or into a number of Food processing companies, and is shipping a large percentage of the product out of the USA. So is the CCP now trying to control the Vegetable seed industry,? Plus, now we are also seeing more and more Hybrid / modified plant seeds on the shelves at stores and farm supply centers. Notes: Many hybrid/modified seeds are less nutritious and less flavorful. Many grown hybrid/modified plants are designed to produce seedless fruits and vegetables. eg. Seedless Watermelons, grapes ... so there is no saving seeds to replant, without buying more seeds each year. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-08-05 06:20 |