Taking Stock - February 28

After the Independent Review of the SA GM Food Crop Moratorium findings were handed down this month, industry attention has turned to the Parliamentary Select Committee inquiry that is expected to deliver its findings into the cultivation of genetically modified crops in SA by mid-year.

IN SPITE of the crisis that pork producers across the country have faced in the past 18 months, Andrew Johnson says they will continue to be a major part of his family's diversified enterprise which includes sheep, cattle and cropping.

Paula Thompson and Elizabeth Anderson talk through this week's news.

The Macquarie Bank owned Cummins aggregation has been passed in at auction with just two of the four cropping properties totalling 2648ha attracting bids.