THE country’s biggest genetically modified (GM) canola crop was harvested in Bodallin, in the eastern Wheatbelt, this summer. Farm entrepreneur and machinery man Michael Shields and his team have broken canola coverage records with 8500 hectares planted at Bodallin and 4500 hectares on their home block Glenvar at Wongan Hills. This is the first time WA farmers were allowed to grow GM canola since it was legalised in February last year.