Hybrid canola trumps TT variety in a tough year

摘要

WHILE some growers in lower rainfall areas view investment in new hybrid canola varieties to be too risky, last season in tough conditions, Western Australian farmer Leigh Giles compared a hybrid variety with his triazine-tolerant canola program and it convinced him of their benefits.Leigh and his wife Rochel, who have three children, his brother Paul and their parents, Rodney and Elsie, crop about 8500 hectares including leased land at North Baandee, which is located near Merredin.