UK sugar beet farmers could be growing gene-edited, disease-resistant crops within 5 years

UK sugar beet farmers could be growing gene-edited, disease-resistant crops within 5 years

Farmers Weekly | 
[British Sugar] is investigating gene-edited beet seed as a long-term solution to [virus yellows] disease, which devastated crops across eastern ...
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‘Unintended consequences’: UK restrictions on neonicotinoid insecticides may have harmed bees

Farmers Weekly | 
One of Britain’s biggest beekeepers says he must relocate hundreds of hives because cabbage stem flea beetle has destroyed so ...
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UK’s Labour Party ‘pledges to ban’ neonicotinoid insecticides if it takes power

Farmers Weekly | 
Neonicotinoid seed treatments will be banned if Labour forms the next government, according to a leaked draft of the party’s ...

U.K. approves field trials of disease, pest resistant GMO potato with low acrylamide

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The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Defra has given the green ...

UK farmers worry that deauthorization of glyphosate could impact cereal crop production

Farmers Weekly | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Industry leaders are asking ...
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