Croppers urged to protect GM technology

Alisha Fogden
February 26 2021 - 12:04pm
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY: WA farm consultant Geoff Fosbery (right) said GM canola suited higher rainfall areas of the South East, Mid North, Yorke Peninsula and lower Eyre Peninsula, and may be used more "opportunistically" in lower rainfall areas.
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY: WA farm consultant Geoff Fosbery (right) said GM canola suited higher rainfall areas of the South East, Mid North, Yorke Peninsula and lower Eyre Peninsula, and may be used more "opportunistically" in lower rainfall areas.

FOLLOWING the lifting of the state's moratorium on genetically-modified crops last year, SA croppers can grow glyphosate-resistant canola this season, but there are factors to consider, according to respected WA farm consultant Geoff Fosbery.

Alisha Fogden

Alisha Fogden

senior journalist, cropping editor at Stock Journal

Journalist at Australian Community Media newspapers since 2007.

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