UK plant breeders support transparency on precision breeding techniques
Nigel Moore: Science for Sustainable Agriculture As members of the House of Lords prepare to…
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£1.5m Crop Research Centre opens at University of Warwick
A facility using gene-editing technology to improve quality, resilience and sustainability of vegetable crops has…
Helen Appleyard appointed chief officer of the OSTS and NIAB’S head of analytical services
NIAB has appointed Helen Appleyard to lead its Analytical Services department and take over the…
Potato partners secure £2 million investment funding to sustain the future of potato growing.
The Net Zero Hectare project has secured £2.06 million in funding acquired from The Farming…
Drones proven to aid plant breeding in identifying valuable new crop traits
New research from crop research organisation NIAB and partners in China has, for the first…
High time for Scottish salmon with new plant-based protein feed trials
In a global first, a UK producer of hemp crops is taking its first steps…
CHAP and AHDB launch UK GHG emissions baseline benchmark report
To help sectors identify areas for improvement and to facilitate positive change, Crop Health and Protection…
Scottish Government funding will continue the Fight Against Blight in 2022
The Fight Against Blight (FAB) campaign will continue this year, thanks to funding from the Scottish…
Are UK farmers contributing to the spread of ‘super rats’?
A recent survey from pest control solutions company BASF has revealed that more than three quarters of…
Field trials prove that bigger seeds are in fact better
Independent field trials conducted by SGS, a world-leading testing and certification company, on behalf of the National…