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Bad weather prompting more British farmers to consider GM use
2013-01-04 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The extreme weather of 2012 has turned British farmers on to genetically modified crops, with calls from farming leaders to start using the technology as a way to help combat the effects of climate change. England's wettest year on record, and the UK's second wettest, which had begun with one of the worst droughts for decades, has persuaded an increasing number of farmers that the development of crop varieties with engineered resistance to extreme weather conditions is now a priority. Farming...
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