Topic “NZ AgResearch” — Exporter Magazine

The innovation award was for an endophyte-inoculated grass which promises to make airfields much safer through deterring birds from feeding on grass and insects at grassed areas at airports. The grass has a fungus which makes birds feel sick when they feed off it, although it does not harm them. Farmers and exporters should support a wider ban on AgResearch’s continuing plans for genetic engineering of animals and other forms of cloning, not least to reassure global markets about what “Made in New Zealand” represents, GE Free NZ said in a press release.