Tillage
First gene-edited crop trials on conventional farms in UK
Europe’s first gene-edited wheat and barley crop trials to be held on conventional farms, will soon get underway in the...
Plant Breeding
Tillage
Six decades of crops research at Teagasc Oak Park
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the official opening of the Crops Research Centre at Oak Park, Co. Carlow....
Tillage
Changes in EU plant genetics regulations may be on the way
Future EU policy making, where the development of plant genetics is concerned, has been the subject of two recent public...
Tillage
EU may endorse use of new plant breeding technologies
The European Union (EU) looks set to imminently recognise and endorse the use of new plant breeding technologies. It is...
Tillage
EU to allow 'new genomic techniques' for plants
The European Commission has proposed legislation to allow new genomic techniques (NGT) to be used in the EU to alter...
Tillage News
Plant breeding to underpin sustainability within tillage sector
There is a growing expectation that plant breeding will be to the fore in delivering sustainability for the Irish tillage...
Tillage
New gene discovery ‘sows hope’ of drought resilience in wheat
Reduced height, or semi-dwarf wheat varieties with improved drought resilience may soon be grown in fields across the globe, following...
Tillage
Scientists find a new way to switch on dormant plant genes
Rothamsted scientists have found a new way to switch on dormant plant genes, one which does not require the insertion...
Tillage
45% of tillage farmers say cost is prohibitive to technology use
The tillage sector is generally quick to use new technology where possible. The Crops 2030 report stated that GPS technology...
Tillage
Government GMO decision labelled 'a grave mistake'
Recent decisions by the European Union and the Irish Government on novel plant-breeding techniques could consign Irish agriculture to the...
