Of those who grew Roundup Ready alfalfa, 91% said they were satisfied, very pleased or felt the technology “far exceeded expectations,” according to a University of California survey on the subject.
Survey results were reported at the Western Alfalfa & Forage Conference, held Dec. 11-13 in Las Vegas, NV.
A total of 381 growers took the voluntary survey, conducted via the Internet this fall, said Steve Orloff, the Siskiyou County, CA, farm advisor who authored it with Extension forage specialist Dan Putnam. Of those, 113 respondents indicated that they had grown the transgenic legume and were then directed to questions on what they liked and didn’t like about it. For those results, see “Survey Tells What Roundup Ready Alfalfa Growers Like Best.”...
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