Willamette Valley farmers spar over risks of expanding genetically modified canola crop

Farmers in the Willamette Valley have been at odds for more than three decades over the risks of planting more canola, and whether the potential for pesticide drift and cross-pollination with cabbage, broccoli and other members of canola’s brassica family could threaten the purity and economic value of the valley’s prized seed crops.

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