Today's Bangor Daily (Bangor, Maine, USA) has an article from the
     Washington Post by Rick Weiss concerning a lawsuit in Bruno
     Saskatchewan where a farmer is being sued by Monsanto for "seed
     piracy".  The company claims that the farmer replanted their roundup
     resistant canola.  The farmer claims that his seed was contaminated
     via pollination.  The article also mentions the "terminator" gene
     which Monsanto is purchasing the patent rights .  This technology was
     developed in part by the federal government.
 
     Does the terminator gene spread via pollen?  Does it prevent the plant
     from making pollen?  According to the article, the technology is not
     expected to be available commercially until 2005 and ensures that the
     plant will not make seed.