CANADIAN farmer Peter Eggers believes continued research into genetically modified wheat is a waste of time. ”There’s not a market in the world that has said it will accept GM wheat, so why are we wasting all this money?” His compatriot Matt Gehl said the push towards GM reflected the desires of the seed companies rather than the growers. ”They are looking for things they can patent and make a profit from.” Mr Gehl was concerned the recent swing back into GM wheat research would come at the expense of breeding conventional wheat varieties