Tillage
Rothamsted: Gene editing will speed up ability to test enhanced crops
Rothamsted Research scientists have welcomed changes that will make gene editing (GE) research much easier from now on. The new...
Gene-editing
Beef
Teagasc keeps gene-editing under review
Gene-editing has been hailed by many scientists as representing a quantum leap forward in the field of plant and animal...
Sponsored
Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Tillage
Rothamsted Research gives gene editing the ‘thumbs-up’
Rothamsted Research has submitted its responses to the UK government’s consultation questions on the regulation of gene editing (GE) technologies....
Rural Life
MacManus has 'fear' for tillage farmers due to Britain's plans to consult on gene editing
Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus has flagged Britain’s “first attempt to move away from applying EU food standards”, saying that he...
Tillage
Tillage farmers take interest in Nobel Prize winners
Two scientists who developed the CRISPR technique most commonly known as gene-editing were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry last...
Agri Politics
'You can't do everything with IPM'
As is the case at many tillage events of recent times the subject of biotechnology and new plant-breeding techniques came...
Tillage
Will France's decision to ban certain rapeseed set a trend?
France intends to implement a ruling which will mean that the country no longer imports or grows rapeseed such as...
Tillage
Gene-editing to be reviewed by EU in 2021
At today’s (Wednesday, May 20) adoption of the European Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy Commissioner Stella Kyriakides stated that the EU...
Sponsored
Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Tillage
Department of Environment to rule on gene-edited crops
The repercussions of the EU ruling on gene-edited crops rumbles on at EU level. On July 25 last year the...
Agri-Business
EU gene-editing ruling - 'virtually impossible to enforce'
In an open letter to European member states, 22 organisations representing agricultural and food businesses and organisations across the EU...
Tillage
Debating the GM ruling when horse has bolted
It may be a case of closing the gate when the horse has bolted, but some MEPs are now questioning...
Tillage
Gene-editing raising funding in the US
INARI is a plant-breeding company in the US which counts gene-editing among the technologies it uses. The company launched in...
Tillage
GM focus: Is fact lost among 'spurious claims' in the GM debate?
Many people hear the word biotechnology and they tune out; they think it’s too complicated. They choose to listen to...