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The deal will treble the amount of canola grown in Tasmania.
A group of Tasmanian farmers has secured a deal to supply Japan with canola that's free of genetically-modified materials.
They'll combine with farmers from South Australia's Kangaroo Island to supply canola.
Two shipments have already arrived in Japan.
The deal will treble the amount of canola grown in Tasmania, to about 3,000 tonnes next year.
Keith Pengilley, from Tasmanian Agricultural Producers, says the canola is needed for Japan's livestock industry and for use in cooking.
"They identified Tasmania as being a reliable area to grow canola," he said.
"So they came to us and said this is what we do, can you produce canola to meet our specifications, which is GM-free which we can market in Japan as Tasmanian-grown canola."
A group of Tasmanian farmers has secured a deal to supply Japan with canola that's free of genetically-modified materials.
They'll combine with farmers from South Australia's Kangaroo Island to supply canola.
Two shipments have already arrived in Japan.
The deal will treble the amount of canola grown in Tasmania, to about 3,000 tonnes next year.
Keith Pengilley, from Tasmanian Agricultural Producers, says the canola is needed for Japan's livestock industry and for use in cooking.
"They identified Tasmania as being a reliable area to grow canola," he said.
"So they came to us and said this is what we do, can you produce canola to meet our specifications, which is GM-free which we can market in Japan as Tasmanian-grown canola."
1 comment:
This is what we need. More farmers that realise that they can make money from being GM-free. If all of Tasmania was to stay GM-free, the export dollars that would be created would be fantastic for our economy.
Well done to the Canola farmers of Tasmania. They just have to be wary of the pro-GM sector contaminating their supply and crops (and yes, this has happened before when they have spread from the road GM contaminants).
Justaconsumer
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