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| Small in business survives precisely because of Walmart plans. That is, Walmart makes more money by limiting selection and by bait and switch. So if you want a 9/16" drill bit or a cotton dress shirt its not there. The rest of the town survives by selling that wider variety. If you don't want el cheapo Black and Decker power tools you go elsewhere too. If you want chips not precrushed you shop elsewhere. For a year the local Walmart sold Santita's chips for $1.50 a sack (but treated them like soft goods which they weren't. Mean time the local grocery stores sold the same chips for $1.79. Now Walmart's price is $1.78 and they are still more broken than in the grocery stores. And the selection in the grocery store is greater.
The same problem can come with the large seed company. One variety fits all is the ultimate. With so many crop growing conditions from soil fertility, to soil moisture, and lengths of day and expected precipitation will one variety fit all? I doubt it. Will 100 varieties fit all? How many did we have to select from last year? 2000 corn numbers 5000 bean numbers?
Gerald J. | |
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Monsanto Buys other Seed Companies
