Is genetic engineering in plant breeding a good thing? Dr Jacqueline Rowarth thinks so. She caught up with The Country's Jamie Mackay to explain the benefits.
Ag-research has created new grasses that can result in enriched milk and meat products. This in turn creates fewer greenhouse gases and less nitrate "out of the back end of the animal" says Dr Rowarth. She reckons this is a "win-win-win" for agriculture.
Finally Jamie asks the former University lecturer if people are wasting their time doing arts degrees - are the sciences where it's at?
