Roundup Ready^® canola is a herbicide tolerant canola modified using gene technology to tolerate glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup^® agricultural herbicides. Roundup Ready canola is an environmentally sound production system that enables farmers to safely and effectively manage weeds in their canola crop.

Click here to read more about the benefits Roundup Ready canola can bring to Australian farming systems.

Click here for the Australian Roundup Ready Canola Crop Management Plan.
Click here for the Australian Roundup Ready Canola Resistance Management Plan.

In 2003 Roundup Ready canola was found to be as safe as conventional canola and approved for commercial release by the Australian Federal Regulator http://www.ogtr.gov.au/ir/dir020.htm. However 2008 will be the first year Australian farmers will have the choice to plant Roundup Ready canola, with the Victorian and New South Wales Governments both removing their bans on the cultivation of GM canola.

Monsanto has licensed three seed companies to incorporate the Roundup Ready trait into their local canola varieties – Nuseed, Pioneer Hi-Bred Australia and Pacific Seeds. 2008 will see the limited commercial release of these varieties across a small number of hectares and growers.

Click here to view the 2008 Guide to Limited Commercial Release of Roundup Ready canola.

This site will be updated with more information soon.