Arable
An international team of scientists has developed a new method to improve the accuracy of gene mapping in complex organisms
Pig/Poultry
Pigs produced to be resistant to PRRS, using University of Edinburgh technology, have been approved for sale to US consumers.
Dairy
Gene editing will be at the heart of future dairy cattle breeding programmes, according to Ai Services’ chief executive, Larry Burke...
Europe’s first gene-edited wheat and barley crop trials to be held on conventional farms, will...
Gene editing, under the auspices of a new research project, looks set to fast-track the impact of...
N.Ireland
Rothamsted Research was very quick out of the blocks in welcoming the enactment of the UK’s...
Rothamsted Research scientists have welcomed the passing into law of new UK legislation that will...
The results of Europe’s first ever field trial of a gene-edited (GE) wheat variety are now...
Agri Politics
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has said that the Genetic...
Rothamsted Research scientists have welcomed changes that will make gene editing (GE) research much...
Government
New legislation will be put in place to cut unnecessary red tape for gene editing, the Defra has said today (Thursday, January 20).
National Farmers' Union (NFU) vice president Tom Bradshaw has called yesterday's government announcement regarding the future regulation of gene editing an important 'first step towards a properly functioning legislative system'.
New plans to unlock the power of gene editing to help farmers grow "more resistant, more nutritious, and more productive crops" have been...
Rothamsted Research has submitted its responses to the UK government questions on the regulation of gene editing (GE) technologies.
The National Farmers' Union (NFU) believes new precision breeding techniques, such as gene editing, could protect crops.
The RSPCA has responded to the news that a consultation on gene editing was launched by Environment Secretary George Eustice.
Responding to the announcement that government is to launch a consultation on the future regulation of gene editing, Tom Bradshaw said.
Plans to consult on gene editing have been set out today by Environment Secretary George Eustice in his speech at the Oxford Farming Conference.
Agri-Business
Two scientists who developed the CRISPR technique most commonly known as gene-editing were awarded...
At today's (Wednesday, May 20) adoption of the European Commission's Farm to Fork...
