Organic and GM farmers need to work together
And with lawyers for organic farmer Steve Marsh applying for special leave to appeal to the High Court, it is unlikely the case will be resolved in the near future.
The two Kojonup farmers have been in a legal stoush since 2010 when Mr Marsh lost part of his organic certification due to GM seeds blowing onto his property.
Last month the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Mr Baxter and upheld the Supreme Court's decision that Mr Baxter did not act in a way that constituted wrongful interference.
Mr Marsh is now seeking special leave to appeal to the High Court, a process which could take up to six months.
Giovanna Tivisini was not connected to the case personally but she has been following it from a professional perspective.
While the appeal went in favour of the GM industry Ms Tivisini warns that both the GM and organic industries should make particular considerations to avoid similar cases.
However, Ms Tivisini warns that future cases may play out differently given the media attention the case attracted and the amount of information available publically about contamination.
Ms Tivisini advises GM farmers to try to minimise the risk of contamination, whether surrounding properties are organic or not, and particularly when the same crop is being grown in order to reduce the risk of genetic transfer.
Her advice for organic farmers was to look at possible sources of contamination and their proximity to them, even taking into consideration the culture of the region and the appetite for organics.
"Risk mitigation is probably the answer," she said. "I think that parties can take things to court and try and litigate to try and seek answers, but at the end of the day everybody needs to do what they can to try and minimise whatever potential risks or loss there might be to them. And take whatever reasonable action to raise awareness of risks, educate and to put in place whatever is necessary to allow both sectors to coexist."
Source: abc.net.au