Western Australian canola growers seek legal advice on losses
Legal advice follows crop losses on Western Australian farms growing TrueFlex canola.
|November 10, 2026Listen to the full interview:
At least 40 Western Australian canola growers are getting legal advice after crops of Bayer’s TrueFlex variety die.
Australian rural commentator Libby Price says some growers lose more than $1 million of canola.
“Some growers will have lost in excess of $1 million worth of canola,” she says.
Libby says seed companies are investigating and already point to frosts and lack of rain.
A grower with GM and non-GM canola side by side can compare the two crops.
Libby says the Bureau of Meteorology’s website redesign cost $96 million after a first estimate of $4 million, and hits have halved.
“It’s a pretty embarrassing state of affairs for the weather Bureau, that’s for sure.”
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