Questions are being raised about whether the primary sector is being sold short, by being denied a choice on genetically modified organisms.
Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf has raised the issue in a speech at Fieldays last night.
He says new technologies come along regularly, and while international competitors can have their pick of the bunch, New Zealanders are denied a look-in if anything is genetically modified.
Mr Makhlouf says it's highly restrictive, particularly when some of the plants could give our primary producers a huge advantage .. including high-yielding wood for our pulp and paper industry.
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