Chapter 508 The lurking undercurrent
From Memphis, along the road on the bank of the Mississippi River, Xia Yaohua is also looking at this big channel.
The glory of the Mississippi River is no longer there.
There are almost no few boats on the river.
The occasionally jumping Asian carp shows that under the calm lake, there are creatures that fear the residents on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Many people even attribute the decline of the Mississippi River to Asian carp, and now all goods in the central region go through the Great Lakes and enter the Atlantic Ocean.
The guy who was with Xia Yaohua changed another person, this time it was a sturdy black young man Tallinn Hani.
Seeing that Xia Yaohua's eyes were stuck on the river, Tallinn, who was driving a Ford truck, suggested: "Xia, if you have the chance, maybe you should try hunting Asian carp with bows and arrows."
" You can try it if you have time."
Xia Yaohua could feel the undercurrents of Asian carp under the river, and there were too many.
Occasionally, the truck was close, and he could see the dense shadows in the river, let alone the flying silver carp that had jumped several meters away.
Flying Carp, this name is left on the confidential document.
It's really amazing!
I don’t know if it is the masterpiece of a scientist in China.
As for introducing this kind of flying carp into China, will there be more classic dishes? So flying, the meat should be very good, right?
Unfortunately, Americans don't know how to eat it.
Xia Yaohua shook her head, abandoned her imagination, and asked again: "Tallin, have you ever hunted Asian carp?"
"Overall, only white rich guys have money and time Go do this kind of thing."
Talin smiled and said, "But I have been there, because I am an employee of Tianhe, the company organizes activities to shoot Asian carp every week, and the harvested fish club Sold to the Asian carp processing factory invested by Quanwang, and the participants still have money to get it."
Xia Yaohua smiled and said, "It sounds pretty good."
"Of course, this is one of the most popular events for the company, and many farmers and residents will also participate," Tallinn said. "It seems I must give it a try." Tallinn felt excited when she talked about shooting Asian carp, and Xia Yaohua suddenly felt ridiculous.
Is Jiahe an ethical company?
At least in the perception of ordinary people in the United States, Jiahe abides by all federal laws.
The products provided are also seeds cultivated by traditional breeding, as well as reassuring products such as biopesticides.
It actively participates in charity activities. In order to solve the troubles of Asian carp, it has established a processing plant, which can not only digest Asian carp, but also provide jobs.
Even paid to organize employees and residents to carry out hunting activities.
Compared with Monsanto's poor record, Jiahe is a good child from outside, harmless to people and animals.
However, Xia Yaohua, who was lurking in the United States, received a new task a year ago and joined the Tianhe North American branch.
The content of the mission made him know that Tianhe was not a harmless rabbit for humans and animals, but a rabbit with fangs.
A farmland appeared in front of me.
They have entered Missouri on the left bank of the Mississippi River, with new weeds in the fields increasing.
Xia Yaohua shouted in her heart: "Grow faster, hurry up, give all farmers in the United States a surprise!"
If he knew at this moment that the Asian carp in the river also came from Tianhe, It is very likely that I can never keep my peace talking to Tallinn Hani about the skills of shooting Asian carp.
The northward, the more new weeds there are.
That afternoon, Xia Yaohua and Tallinn arrived in St. Louis, a big city on the bank of the Mississippi River, and also the headquarters of Monsanto.
Some neighborhoods in St. Louis are very messy.
But some neighborhoods are also good, such as those with white people gathering, but real farmers live in large houses in the suburbs.
However, on this day, Xia Yaohua saw the white farmers parading on the street.
Everyone was hanging or holding various signs on their bodies, slogans like ‘Monsanto ruined my farm’.
The leader was a white man with slightly gray hair, surrounded by crowds.
He also stood on a high place, shouting and scolding Monsanto.
Tallin Hani is used to it.
Xia Yaohua asked: "Who is he?"
"Bill Bud." Tallin said, "Missouri's largest peach farmer, at least once."
Xia Yaohua pursed her dry lips and asked, "What's wrong with his peach garden?" br>
Tallin looked at the hysterical Bill Bard with sympathy and said, "The peach trees are all dead because of the dicamba coming from the farm next door where soybeans and corn are grown."
"The peach trees do not have the genes that can resist both Roundup and dicamba at the same time, so Bill Bud's total peach trees on a total of 8,000 acres were all dead."
"It was not just him, but most of the people who marched were in the procession. They are all fruit farmers, because Monsanto has not mastered the technology of implanting resistance genes in fruit trees. "
This should be the group that Tianhe wants to unite!
Xia Yaohua didn't think too much about meddling in other people's business. It was Jiahe's idea to defeat Monsan, and his goal was to let the weeds spread to more areas.
In the evening, Xia Yaohua came to a Chinese restaurant for dinner. Opposite him was a young man with long bangs, who looked a little stupid.
But after learning what Tianhe is doing, Xia Yaohua will not underestimate any Tianhe employee who has contacted him.
In particular, this person is still in a technical position.
"Hello, Manager Yang."
Yang Xiaowu grinned, "Hello, Xia..."
"Just call me Brother Xia." Xia Yaohua said, from Yang Xiaowu's expression Look, Yang Xiaowu knows his identity.
Yang Xiaowu shook his bangs lightly and said, "This Chinese restaurant tastes pretty good."
Xia Yaohua said, "Have you been in St. Louis for many years?"
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"I completed my studies at the nearby University of Washington, so I stayed here to work."
"Oh, what did Manager Yang learn?"
"Biomolecules."
A gleam flashed in Xia Yaohua's eyes, "So that's it. The company asked you to hand me the remaining seeds."
Yang Xiaowu said: "I've been ready long ago. I've been waiting for you, but always It’s impossible for you to go, the risk is not small."
Xia Yaohua smiled and said, "Didn't you do the same thing in Missouri?"
Yang Xiaowu spread his hands and laughed, "I've been staying in the laboratory and farmland all the time. What's the matter Nothing was done."
Looking at Yang Xiaowu's hairstyle, dress and manners, it always gives people a strong confusion, which is more like a fool or a homeless man.
But the actual IQ may be frighteningly high.
Xia Yaohua speculated that Yang Xiaowu might be one of the technical members who cultivated those seeds.
Just under Monsanto's nose, Missouri is also Monsanto's back garden, but it is also the worst-hit area.
It's really bold!
Yang Xiaowu didn't know what Xia Yaohua was thinking. He was just here to complete the task. Now he has seen people and has discussed things. Let's concentrate on doing the meal.
He really thought this Chinese restaurant tasted good, and his dry rice made Xia Yaohua feel that Jiahe was really full of talents.
Xia Yaohua asked Tallinn Hani to receive the seeds. It is just a batch of ordinary seeds, including corn, soybeans, cotton, wheat, etc.
Then, Xia Yaohua asked Tallinn Hani to transport the seeds to various distribution points in a truck.
He was not afraid of Tallinn Hani running away, and even hoped that the other party could run away so that the seeds could spread quickly.
Yes, these ordinary-looking seeds have problems.
Xia Yaohua didn't know how Tianhe did it. It was incredible that ordinary seeds could grow weeds in the farmland after sowing them.
But he was tactful and didn't ask.
But before leaving, he asked Yang Xiaowu another question that was not that sensitive.
"How do you want to defeat Monsanto?"
"Now the Federal Environment Agency, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the President are all standing behind Monsanto, and even those farmers who benefit from growing soybeans, corn, and cotton Everyone supports Monsanto. I am really curious. Are those fruit farmers just relying on them? "
Yang Xiaowu tweaked his bangs and grinned, "The Federation cannot cover the sky with one hand. Monsanto is just a company, and behind us is the whole world. ”
Xia Yaohua was confused when he heard this and said, "I'm waiting to watch the show."
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After staying in St. Louis for a night, Xia Yaohua rushed to Springfield, Erie, where Jiahe was at the federal base camp.
The person in charge Li Yang received him.
Although Tianhe's seed business in North America is trapped by Monsanto's dicamba, Tianhe may be one of the best-performing seed companies among companies other than Monsanto.
In the federal government, there are always people who don’t like genetically modified products.
Tianhe's traditional seeds, coupled with Quanwang's biotechnology solution, barely defended the market developed in the past few years and maintained a slight growth.
Even Xia Yaohua had to be amazed.
But what made him even more interesting was the Asian carp. Hunting Asian carp with bows and arrows made people's adrenaline soar.
The various Asian carp products produced in the processing plant have also been popular in the market.
"In fact, Quanwang's Asian carp processing factory has been making profits. The company is planning to open a branch factory and plans to sell its products to more federal regions."
After listening to the introduction of Mao Ziqiong, general manager of the factory, Xia Yaohua suddenly asked, "Flying carp, is the kind of flying carp that is very good at flying. Is the meat more popular?"
Mao Ziqiong said in surprise: "How do you know?"
Xia Yaohua smiled and said, "Because it can fly, with such a high athletic talent, the flesh on her body must be bad."
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The year has come to an end again.
Some families are happy and some are sad.
The American farmers are also in the midst of ice and fire, but winter comes eventually, and winter snow comes, and most of the farmers who march stop.
But the peach farmers who suffered the catastrophe, represented by Bill Bard, began to travel around the major courts.
They received funding.
Then many equally powerful forces also came out to support them, involving part of Monsanto's energy.
First, Codyva stood up, and his new CEO Green spoke out publicly on TV.
"We are worried, I am very scared of dicamba.
I think many growers may choose it, but not because they like it, but to protect themselves from harm from neighbors!
This is Monsanto's conspiracy, and it belongs to Monsanto's miracle marketing!
They created a problem that did not exist for farmers in order to be able to sell it to farmers to solve the problem.
They want to drive other seed and chemical competitors out of the market in this way, and they want to completely monopolize the market!
This will be a federal disaster.
Monsanto will destroy this world! ”
When facing the reporter's interview, Green did not avoid Codyvar's crisis.
"Yes, the seed and pesticide markets in Codiva are falling rapidly, and the merger of DuPont and Dow Yinong has not allowed us to get out of the crisis."
"Dicamba is too dangerous, and farmers are trying to do so. Free from threats, only Monsanto's plan is chosen.
But this will bring the federal government into a new crisis!
For the vast majority of federal farmers, the only hope is the government ban it Using Monsanto's technology.
Sadly, the government is on Monsanto's side."
Monsanto responded to Green's call, claiming they were solving the problem.
A series of last year's results were listed, and farmers who chose the Monsanto program all achieved a bumper harvest and made a big profit in the international market.
Only those who were unwilling to accept the Monsanto program were hurt.
Following Codyvaux's footsteps, giant companies such as Limagran, St. Nice, and Bayer have also stepped forward to fight with Monsanto.
With the support of all parties, Taonong Bill Bard has also frequently made headlines in major media.
Eight thousand acres of Taoyuan suffered a catastrophe due to dicamba.
The lawsuit with Monsanto was fought for two years, but the federal court did not make a final judgment.
Every farmer stood up.
In the past few years, fruit farmers and orchard owners like Bard have often suffered heavy losses because they cannot buy seedlings that can be uncomfortable with dicamba.
Seweddings with this characteristic do not exist.
Therefore, they could only watch the fruit trees wither and wither.
As business declined, Bard and others had no choice but to sue Monsanto.
Now, in federal court records, there have been thousands of similar cases, but none of them have made a judgment.
All fruit farmers are waiting for a fair judgment.
New Year, one day in 2015, the New York Times also published a statistics on Monsanto herbicides.
Take soybeans as an example. In just 20 years after the introduction of Roundup seeds, the amount of herbicide used in American farms increased by 150%.
But the actual total soybean cultivation has increased by less than 30%.
Weed scientist Mark Locks also came out to speak out, and in the years when Roundup was striking the market, an old compound stood out: 2, 4-D.
This is one of the most toxic agricultural herbicides.
Nevertheless, farmers had to turn to old compounds like 2, 4-D.
Because in many cases, this is the only thing that can kill glyphosate-resistant weeds.
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As if organized, more and more victims stood up after Mark Locks.
These people are all patients with various cancers, and the reason for the disease is due to long-term contact with Monsanto's Nongda.
This is a huge group, just like the many class action lawsuits that Monsanto has faced in the past.
But what is even more terrifying is that the number of people suffering from illness is increasing, and the symptoms are becoming more and more strange, and many unheard-of-terminal diseases have appeared.
And all the sources of disease are traced back to the same thing, the new formula of dicamba.
(This chapter ends)