Millet, I stand corrected. You are right. Du Pont owns Pioneer corn seed company and it was the first Round Up ready seed that I remember and I think someone's soybean seed were next, maybe Pioneer again. I guess I incorrectly jumped to the conclusion that Du Pont owned Round Up too. I looked and I can't find any reference on the Du Pont web site. I will check a Round Up container when I get a chance and there maybe the Du Pont name there for labeling and legal reasons but I am pretty sure I was wrong....Thanks for the correction and yes Bayer seems to be a different company. They are all excellent companies but I still have to look out for me too... !!

Since it seems many of you are growers, how do you feel about investment in Dupont from an integrity standpoint? I almost bought Monsanto stock, but decided not to because their practices seem to be bad. I don't want to invest in bad guys. So are Dupont and Monsanto evil? I'm just looking for input and I know many of you aren't extreme leftists, so your input would be objective I hope.

Personally, I always invest with profit in mind, and not by my presumption of how nice a company is, or isn't. I believe Monsanto, DuPont, Bayer are all ethical companies. I would have no qualms investing in British Petroleum, if I thought the future of their stock was going to be on the up swing. However, each to their own.- Millet (864-)

Like I say," Each to their own." Anyway, take care, and the best to you. - Millet (864-)

Would you say a company like Monsanto is an ally to the US farming industry or a foe? This is really what concerns me.

Monsanto, and other tech companies, have been a huge benefit to agriculture. The vast amount of negative comments about Monsanto and the other tech companies, come from the same usual sources - far left environmentalist many of who (but not all) are between 18 to 25 years old.. - Millet (963-)

left.

and, I would lower the age range - they start working on them in kindergarten, so that by voting age, they are indoctrinated. Hopefully life experience will then teach them where they should be. Hopefully.

Barbara

Thanks for the welcome Millet, Colorado has been good to me so far! I actually live in Ward but am closer to 'downtown' Jamestown. I also work at the Mercantile in town so I just consider myself Jamestown. I am not going to U of Denver yet, I think I'm going to wait a while to get a little more settled and used to dealing with lots of snow in the mountians. The switchbacks going to my place are pretty terrible in snow. I'll have to post pictures of my citrus trees overlooking the continental divide. My trees have a better view of the mountians than about 99% of the people in Colorado. As for Monsanto I am always leary of that level of dominance in a marketplace. Then again I guess the nature of buisness is to monopolize...

Joe

Barbara, yes I ment "left". I see I accidentally typed the word "right". Thanks,I corrected it. Again I also agree with everything you wrote.

Joe, I get to Ward from time to time,Ward is up Left Hand Canyon. The next time I am in that area, I'll stop by the store and say Hi. Glad to have you in Colorado. I have been waiting for three long months for the summer season to finally get over, and can once again enjoy another great Colorado winter. Take care. - Millet (863-)

I agree. The benefits far out weigh the detrements ....so far.

Thanks Millet, I look forward to seeing you up here. Things have gotten a bit crazy here in the past few days. The fire is one ridge away from my house and the smoke was pretty intenst the past two days (it's cleared out a bit now). I'm currently at the mercy of the wind which is supposed to pick up the next two days. If it turns northeast I'll probably have to pack up. :C

Joe

Yes, I have thought about you the last couple days, as I knew you just moved into the area of the forest fire. This fire is the largest fire in the states history as far as property destruction. Last I heard, over 100 houses have been burnt to the ground. I can see the smoke from 60 miles away. Stay safe. - Millet (858-)

The fire has destroyed 169 residences and damaged 25 more...story in USA TODAY on 9-10-10....So sorry for all those people. It sounds like it may get even worse....

The fire has been horrible and I know people who have lost everything. It is currently only a few miles away from me but somehow my canyon is one of the only ones in the area to not get evacuated. For the time being my area is in the clear but we're at the mercy of the wind which has picked up. Hopefully it gets contained over the weekend.

Joe