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28 THE RURAL VOICE
New varieties are going into the
market so quickly that often the first
trials are done in farmers' fields.
this way: "These are all great boy
toys, but can you get beyond the
gadgets? It also appears that the guy
with the fanciest map wins, but can
we manage minutia? Will we ever
remember minutia in five years from
now?"
Well, what's happened on the
industry side. They too are up to
their derrieres in alligators. Here are
some U.S. figures: acres planted to
new technology (Bt, herbicide
resistant, hi oil, Roundup Ready,
Liberty Link, waxy, etc.) — 1996 –
two per cent; 1997 – 10 per cent;
1998 – 25 per cent; 2000 - 50 per
cent.
The Pioneer Seed Company, just
for one, had some 80 collaborations
with other companies a couple of
years ago. In 1997 they had an
astounding 800 collaborations. How
do they manage to keep it all
straight? Pioneer now has 14 new
products to sell in 1998. Their big
challenge is to communicate to their
dealers and to the farmer.. The
dealer, if he is to be successful, has to
memorize a great deal of complicated
information and keep up with a rapid
rate of change, all the while trying to
keep mistakes from happening. And
this same scenario can be said of
your local retail fertilizer outlet. His