Petition launched to ‘edit’ plant-breeding ruling August 5, 2019 Arable The ruling to classify gene-edited crops as genetically modified crops – and to follow the same legislation as these crops – in July…
Watch: Cribit Seeds trialling and processing seed in Ontario July 26, 2019 Arable Reporting from Ontario, Canada. The tallest grain bin in the picture above holds 2,000t. It belongs to Cribit Seeds – a company which…
Producing high-iron wheat in the UK May 13, 2019 Arable Researchers at the John Innes Centre in the UK have developed wheat with a high-iron content. The wheat is genetically modified and the…
‘CCC report is nonsense but the NFU has been asleep at the wheel’ November 18, 2018 Opinion Forget Brexit, the truly worrying story to come out of London this week was the report from the Government’s advisory Committee on Climate…
Could Brexit be an opportunity for UK GM advancements? November 10, 2018 Opinion As is always the case, UK farmers are being encouraged to do everything in their power to control input costs and improve efficiency…
Field trials for GM wheat plants get green light in the UK February 1, 2017 Arable Rothamsted Research is to undertake field trials in the UK, which will assess the ability of GM wheat cultivars to photosynthesise more efficiently…
Commission called on to withdraw authorisation for GM maize June 9, 2016 EU MEPs have called on the European Commission to withdraw its authorisations for the use of herbicide-resistant GM maize and carnations. Two non-binding resolutions MEPs…
Arla to pay farmers more if they convert to GM-free feed May 21, 2016 Dairy Arla is to start to incentivise more farmers to convert to GM-free feed and the company said it will be a cost to…
MEPs block approval of new GM maize variety December 5, 2015 Arable MEPs have opposed the authorisation of a new variety of GM maize, which is tolerant to glyphosate – the main ingredient in the well-known…
