I agree with your comment on customer demand. To date, this has not impacted the market for canola at the commodity level (with the exception of Europe but they for the most part are canola surplus/competitors).
Hard to hit a zero tolerance on GM canola when the genie is out of the bottle. The indication was that Argentine canola were closed polinators and wouldn't spread with polen. The issue is with 1% outcrossing, that still makes a lot of seed. Perhaps an issue that will have to come about over time is to think of community crop rotations rather than just individual farm ones.
Looking at different ways of meeting customer needs, to the new mustards with canola properties have potential to meet these customer needs. My understanding is that mustards do not outcross with either argentine or polish canola. Along a similar line, it there opportunity to spend more effort on marketing solins/linola (edible oil flaxseed) into these markets (no GM varieties).
An interesting article I found on the mustards with canola properties is at (a little old information).
http://www.aginfonet.com/aglibrary/content/feed_news/news_winter98_canola.html
Has anyone seen these mustards in trials? I heard the variety name arid plus one other. No seed given this last years lousy summer
Hard to hit a zero tolerance on GM canola when the genie is out of the bottle. The indication was that Argentine canola were closed polinators and wouldn't spread with polen. The issue is with 1% outcrossing, that still makes a lot of seed. Perhaps an issue that will have to come about over time is to think of community crop rotations rather than just individual farm ones.
Looking at different ways of meeting customer needs, to the new mustards with canola properties have potential to meet these customer needs. My understanding is that mustards do not outcross with either argentine or polish canola. Along a similar line, it there opportunity to spend more effort on marketing solins/linola (edible oil flaxseed) into these markets (no GM varieties).
An interesting article I found on the mustards with canola properties is at (a little old information).
http://www.aginfonet.com/aglibrary/content/feed_news/news_winter98_canola.html
Has anyone seen these mustards in trials? I heard the variety name arid plus one other. No seed given this last years lousy summer
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