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Designer Seeds Thought To Be Latest Target By Chinese
An anonymous reader writes "Economic espionage is nothing new but one of the biggest areas being targeted now is agriculture. Here's a story about a FBI investigation to track down theft of seeds from research farms. 'The case of the missing corn seeds first broke in May 2011 when a manager at a DuPont research farm in east-central Iowa noticed a man on his knees, digging up the field. When confronted, the man, Mo Hailong, who was with his colleague Wang Lei, appeared flushed. Mr. Mo told the manager that he worked for the University of Iowa and was traveling to a conference nearby. When the manager paused to answered his cellphone, the two men sped off in a car, racing through a ditch to get away, federal authorities said.'"
post anymore FUCK BETAs today.
How exceedingly constructive of you. I took a look at the beta and I provided constructive feedback through the official channels, but I suppose that's simply too much. Thankfully I've seen the light and can now totally commit to finding my inner child, going all the way back to kindergarten and then to proceed to spam the comments section and tags associated to the articles with all sorts of stuff my new-found inner 5-year old would come up with.
these gmo mofos have been making life extremely hard for average joe farmer so fantastic. let the deluge of chinese copies hit the market and drive these guys into the ground. serve them right.