GMO crops often end up cross contaminating non-gm crops cuz of the neighboring farms and then they get sued

they then end up just using gmo seeds the next season to due to liability risk

The frequency of that occurring is often heavily overstated by the media and the cases cited often don't tell the whole story

I was taught GMO crops are infertile, thus creating a monopoly where farmers are reliant on GMO producers for their seed in order to grow the crop to begin with

GMO crops have no inherent infertility

My knowledge is outdated then

it could still be true in some cases

Because my biology teacher taught us that GMO crops cant pollinate due to their artificial nature

Without going into the genetics too deep, a crop grown as a hybrid like corn is going to have the best yield and be entirely uniform at the first generation after the cross of the two inbred parents, if you save the seed the genetics will start to be less favorable due to inbreeding and also harder to harvest because they will be less uniform

So cross pollinating is basically impossible. But then again, I havent studied biology in about 7 years

So it makes more economic sense for the farmer to buy the hybrid seed each year rather than lose the yield

But cross breeding and GMO are completely different things though

Well not entirely, but they are in the way they are produced

GMOs are only "artificial" at 1-2 genes they are hardly different than regular crops they can breed entirely normally

^ the farmer I know thinks a lot of the lefty views on farming (non-GMO and organic) are dumb. But also If that's what they're going to pay for that's what he's going to grow.

Is your farmer friend subsidized by the government?

If so, there's your answer

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I might go to this, it's actually within walking distance of where I live.

"betoorourke -13370 points"
Wow I've never seen a post that downvoted before

I think I've heard it is number two after the 'sense of pride and accomplishment' one.

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I've never had a thing for AKs but I should look at what goes into building one just to learn about it

I like the galil

Atlanticfirearms has Galil part kits.

As it goes with ARs the best option is to try several different things, by renting or going to the range with a friend.

Oh, that reminds me: I was looking into the SG550 and found a site that sells parts. I need to go find that bookmark some time

I found that I prefer simple furniture on my rifles, nothing to fancy.

If I had the money I’d get the galil ace

I don't have any gun enthusiast friends, so I mostly went in blind when I built my AR

I like the look of free floating aluminum hand guards, but they add so much weight.

So I ended up sticking with magpul.

That may have been my biggest "mistake" since I was trying to keep mine light

But it looks so nice

Yea were the extra weight came in handy was my AR-10.

Someday when I'm famous and rich I'll try and get my hands on a Valmet, the Finnish AK varient. Finland has a history of taking Russian guns and making them good.

@DJ_Anuz
*"Just engineer the plants to be seedless."*
Doesn't work for cereals...

*"A. Any crop that is grown as a hybrid will see significant yield losses after even one year of replanting so it's more cost effective to buy it again any laws or patents aside."*
So... Complaints about research costs are moot.
I'm still waiting for someone to tell me what we're supposed to do in the event of a crisis (whatever type) where the supplied seed inventory is suddenly destroyed...
Wait wait, let me guess... Use non-GMO seeds, ¿right?
B. R&D crop would often be impossible.

UUUUGH....people not understanding the Electoral College makes my head hurt -_-

Same