GM Drought tolerant wheat **Klause**TOM

[malleefarmer]

This is very good news. And this is where GMO's should have started out, instead of herbicide tolerance. Then GMO wouldn't be a swear word today. This is the type of progress that organic will be locked out of, the potential is mind boggling. But, the public debate is poisoned already, not sure how something like this could be endorsed now.

100% agree AF5 gm crops always thought to be herbicide tolerant when there so much more that cou;d be done

[jimmy]

Believe me I get your point.
But ignoring technology at home will not raise the price of wheat worldwide.
Some reasearch allows us to do more with less.

I just hate being a pessimist. I have dedicated my whole life to agriculture and have used the latest and greatest technology I could afford along with the best variety of seed out there. I agree research does sometimes allow us to do more for less but now we are paying for it dearly and they want more than we can give them. The world is going to run out of food slogan was used in the 70s. Now with the developing countries getting their shit together along with our technology and seed I am afraid they will bury us in it.

[Marusko]

I've been waiting for some development into non-pulse crops getting N-fixing capability.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I've been waiting for some development into non-pulse crops getting N-fixing capability.

Alberta researchers are working on it successfully right now, using triticale, aiming for wheat.

[Marusko]

Alberta researchers are working on it successfully right now, using triticale, aiming for wheat.

Public researchers?

[Klause]

Russia already has it also... It's the first of the super wheats, with HB4 being #2.

Yes, public researchers in both cases - Universities AFAIK?

[AlbertaFarmer5]

https://www.seed.ab.ca/way-nitrogen-fixing-cereals/ https://www.seed.ab.ca/way-nitrogen-fixing-cereals/

Public researchers?

[Marusko]

https://www.seed.ab.ca/way-nitrogen-fixing-cereals/ https://www.seed.ab.ca/way-nitrogen-fixing-cereals/

Cool!

[wd9]

GMO wheat anything would never get approval in Canada.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

GMO wheat anything would never get approval in Canada.

Probably sad but true.

So when the rest of our competition embraces these new technologies, and we are unable to compete with their lower costs, can we hold financially responsible those who have used anti-science, and anti GMO for marketing purposes?