Many farmers have welcomed the decision of the New South Wales and Victorian Governments to allow commercial production of genetically-modified canola. Canola grower Michael Mathews, from Young in southern New South Wales, says the end of the GM moratorium is a great relief. ”In my personal position, having the choice means that we can rotate with a larger range of chemicals in our crops, and I think Australia will benefit more from this technology than a lot of other countries, due to the fact that frost tolerance, drought tolerance, salt tolerance and soil acidity are all tolerances which can be now bred in to our crops.”