Story Posted: September 20, 2010
Assessing the Economic and Ecological Impacts of Herbicide Tolerant Canola in Western Canada
Report by: Stuart Smyth, Michael Gusta, Peter Phillips (University of Saskatchewan) and David Castle (University of Ottawa), August 2010
Herbicide tolerant (HT) canola was introduced in Western Canada in 1995 through an identity preserved production and marketing system, with unrestricted commercial production beginning in 1997. The subsequent adoption was relatively rapid, with 26% in the initial year, 78% by 2002 and 95% by 2007. In 2007, a producer survey was undertaken to learn more about the producer level impacts that were being observed one decade after commercialization. Download the full report as a PDF.
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