Environment
Member states have reached an agreement on the European Council's negotiating mandate on the use of new genomic techniques (NGT) in plants.
Tillage
The European Commission has proposed legislation to allow new genomic techniques (NGT) to be used in the EU to alter the genetics of plants.
Tillage News
The European Commission has today authorised two genetically modified (GM) crops (one maize and one soybean) for food and animal feed.
The Court of Justice of the EU made a ruling today that gene-edited crops should be regulated in the same way as conventional GMOs.
Agri Politics
Minister Naughten has secured Cabinet approval to enable Ireland to prohibit or restrict the cultivation of Genetically Modified Organisms.
A total of 35% of tillage farmers are "fearful of the future" of the tillage sector, according to the results of a survey by the Irish Grain Growers Association.
Barack Obama last week signed into law a GMO labelling bill which will require food which contains GMOs to be labelled for the first time.
