IN BRIEF
IN BRIEF
• GM crops are gaining support from farmers in north-east Scot-land, says Aventis public and government affairs manager Julian Little. "Weve had four GM field trials in the area for the past three years and the message seems to be getting through that there are no superweeds to worry about and that this technology can help cut spray applications and costs. After an initial feeling of concern, opinions have shifted now growers have seen the fields and the farmers involved are talking about it."
• DO not use HGCA corn return prices to set the base price for malting barley contracts, urges the HGCA. "That isnt what it is intended for," says authority marketing initiative chairman Marie Skinner. Use the futures price instead to lock into a feed price and then negotiate the premium separately, advises economist Julian Bell. *