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Roadside Canola Survey
09.08.2010 10:57 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
We understand that a survey of roadside canola found in North Dakota is to be presented as a poster at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting this week.
«Those familiar with canola know that these plants are readily found on roadsides and in areas near farmers’ fields. This was true prior to the introduction of GM canola, and a common source is seed that has scattered during harvest and fallen off a truck during transport,» said Tom Nickson, Environmental Policy Lead at Monsanto. «Because about 90 percent of the U.S. and Canadian canola crop is biotech, it is reasonable to expect a survey of roadside canola to show similar levels of biotech plants.»
«Indeed, in their evaluation of Roundup Ready canola in the early to mid 1990s, the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) recognized that, like traditional canola, biotech canola would volunteer, and depending on where it was found, might require management,» Nickson said.
«While much roadside canola is managed simply through mowing, Monsanto provides farmers and other professionals who use our products information on managing plants like volunteer canola,» he said.
Some of those suggestions can be found at Monsanto Canada’s web site.
Also see Monsanto’s Beyond the Rows blog: GM Canola on the Loose? Some Points to Consider
A farmer talks about the benefits of using Roundup Ready canola; another farmer talks about the benefits of GM canola for society.
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