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FARM POLL: Mandate ethanol, but give GM
a miss
North Queensland Register
By LUCY SKUTHORP
Thursday, 4 October 2007
Farmers overwhelmingly want ethanol mandated in Australian fuel, according
to a Rural Press survey, but more than half don't think genetically
modified grain crops should be grown here.
The survey revealed 61.3pc of farmers want an ethanol blended fuel mandated
by governments, while a further 20.4pc are undecided about mandating
ethanol in Australian fuel.
Only 18.3pc of farmers don't want a mandate on ethanol.
Queensland farmers are the biggest supporters of a compulsory ethanol
blend, with 67.5pc of farmers answering "yes" to a mandate.
The figures are interesting given the perceived opposition by the livestock
sector to a mandate for fears it will push the cost of feed-grain to
extremely high levels, however 52.3pc of respondents in this survey
sample run cattle, and 25.9pc run sheep.
And even though more than 30pc of farmers in this survey also produce
crops, more than 52pc of farmers don't think GM crops should be grown
in Australia.
Only 27.6pc of farmers want to see GM grain crops introduced into Australia,
while 20.4pc are not sure.
SOURCE: Rural Press National News Service, Parliament House Bureau,
Canberra.
Full poll results in this week's Rural Press agricultural publications.
Web Link: http://nqr.farmonline.com.au/news_daily.asp?ag_id=45891
Note that direct links to the source are provided wherever
possible. Otherwise, a link to a web-posted copy on a 3rd party site is
given.
Sometimes these links will expire, so the above archived copy will be
the only reference.
** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed for research and educational purposes only. **
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