The State’s major farm groups have seized on a new report - which argues genetically modified crops can help farmers better adapt to climate change - to call for a lifting of the ban on GM food crops. A report by the Federal Government’s Bureau of Rural Sciences found GM technology could allow crops to be grown with less water and to become more tolerant to heat. The controversial technology could also help cut greenhouse gas emissions by improving resistance to insects and herbicides and so reduce the number of times crops must be sprayed, which lowers fuel use.