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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>]

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Subject: Re: [SANET-MG] New video on Food Safety
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:47:26 -0500
From: Douglas Hinds <cedecor@GMX.NET>
Reply-To: Douglas Hinds <cedecor@gmx.net>
Organization: CeDeCoR, A.C.
To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU

> I have yet to see a 200 bu per acre yield on "old" practice corn

You are subscribed to the Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion
Group (SANET).  Achieving 200 bu per acre is not sustainable when
your harvest depends on applying concentrated (and expensive)
agrochemicals that reduce the presence, activity and diversity of the
microorganisms responsible for the soil's fertility.

And those kinds of harvests depend on varieties that REQUIRE those
agrochemicals. In fact, agrochemical manufacturers bought a
majority of the seed companies in order to produce seeds that INCREASE
FARMER'S DEPENDENCY on their own toxic, unsustainable, patented products.

> and I have a guy here who is just trying to get to 125 by acre on
> #1 corn by these practices.

No one here recommends going back in time.  Varieties continue to be
developed that do NOT depend on ever-increasing amounts (and cost)
of agrochemicals (some of which are nutritionally far superior to
any of the commercial varieties available today).

http://www.cimmyt.org/en

CIMMYT (Centro de Investigacion y Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo) is
supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural
Research (CGIAR)

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Km. 45, Carretera México-Veracruz
El Batán, Texcoco CP 56070
Edo. de México. MEXICO Phone numbers:
Mexico City: +52 (55) 5804 2004
Texcoco, México: +52 (595) 952 1900
Directly from the USA: +1 (650) 833 6655

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Douglas Hinds, Coordinador
Alianza para la Responsiobilidad Ecologica y social en el Desarrollo
(CNCJalisco, FEPRJ, CUCBA y CeDeCoR, A.C.)
Guadalajara