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Listed below are comments made by biochar between Tuesday, 13th January 2009 and Tuesday, 24th March 2009.

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Is the green movement part of the problem? 9:59pm on 24 Mar 2009 I am a farmer from Yorkshire. Quote "fertiliser is a major expense for farmers, sometimes their main outlay. Because these new plants require less fertiliser for the same yield they will save farmers money". I spent £70,000 on fertilizer last year, so lets say that this GM plant saved me 10% of my fertilizer costs, that is £7,000, so the GM company is going to let me walk away with an extra £7,000 every year?? sorry but I live in the real world, they will see my saving and push up the price of there seed and I will be back to same margins as before. On the environment side of things I hope it works, but lets not pretend they are going to save me money...
End of the British carrot? 7:07pm on 13 Jan 2009 As a farmer I could do without this, but puplic health should come first. But what about food imported into the EU that has had these banned pesticides used on them in there production, surely this food must be banned from entering the EU??? If not, what is the point of the ban.

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