On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 11:45 AM, randy oliver wrote:
>
> The answer is of course the market. If farmers demand neonic-free seed to
> use in rotation, the suppliers will supply it.
>
It does not encourage farmers to use neonic-free seed when it costs the
same as untreated.
Since it cost about $25 per acre to treat seed for corn, untreated seed
should be discounted by that amount.
I was told there would be no discount for untreated seed (presumably
because it was a nuisance just to stock it).
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