Pig/Poultry
Pigs produced to be resistant to one of the world’s most costly livestock diseases, using...
Tillage
Rothamsted Research scientists have welcomed changes that will make gene editing (GE) research much easier from now on.
Beef
Gene-editing has been hailed by many scientist in the UK as representing a quantum leap forward in the field of plant and animal breeding.
Rothamsted Research has submitted its responses to the UK government’s consultation questions on the regulation of gene editing.
Rural Life
MEP MacManus has flagged Britain's "first attempt to move away from applying EU food standards", saying that he "fears" for Irish farmers.
Two scientists who developed the CRISPR technique most commonly known as gene-editing were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry last week.
Agri Politics
The subject of biotechnology and new plant-breeding techniques came up at the Teagasc Crops Forum recently.
France intends to implement a ruling which will mean that the country no longer imports or grows Clearfield herbicide resistant varieties.
Stella Kyriakides stated that the EU needs to develop innovative ways to protect crops from pests and diseases.
The EU ruling on gene-edited crops rumbles on at EU level. Last year, the ECJ ruled that gene-edited crops should be classified as GM.
Agri-Business
22 organisations representing agricultural and food businesses and organisations across the EU have reiterated concern over the ECJ ruling.
Some MEPs are now questioning the ECJ ruling that gene-edited crops should be regulated in the same way as conventional GMOs.
The investment comes just weeks after the the ECJ ruled that gene-editing technology must be regulated in the same way as genetically-modified organisms.
Almost a month ago the ECJ made a decision to place gene-edited crops in the same category as genetically-modified (GM) crops.
