REMEMBER those huge “farm-scale evaluations” in the UK to find out if genetically modified crops are bad for farmland wildlife? Probably not. So to recap: GM spring oilseed rape and GM sugar beet came out worse for wildlife, and GM maize came out better. But there was one more result to come, on winter oilseed rape (canola). The verdict arrived on Monday.
The outcome? Taking all things into consideration, the study found GM winter rape was worse for wildlife, which on the face of it gives an overall 3-1 victory for the conventional varieties. But this time the margin…
