Farmers Guardian
‘Sleepwalking into a food crisis’: High-yield, intensive farming using advanced biotechnology is key to address climate crisis
The world needs to increase food production and availability by 70 per cent by 2050 to keep pace with the ...
Viewpoint: Gene editing crops is the very definition of ‘green technology’
One thing we have learnt from the GMO debate is that if you simply add layers of regulatory checks and ...
‘For the benefit of all’: Why governments should play a ‘critical role’ in funding biotechnology research
Governments should invest in gene editing research to avoid profiteering by large multinationals at the expense of farmers, Farmers Union ...
‘Green wave’: Environmentalist gains in EU elections could cut farmer access to key pesticides
The ‘green wave’ which saw environmentalist parties make major gains across the continent in the European elections could threaten the ...
Brexit could free UK farmers to embrace CRISPR-edited crops, help meet global food demand, says UK former food and agricultural secretary
UK farming has been held back by the hostility of the EU to new technology, which is causing European research ...
Researchers petition UK officials to launch disease-resistant potato field trials
The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich [in the UK], has applied to [the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs] Defra for ...
Modern farming isn’t driving insect declines, agricultural industry says
A new piece of research, carried out by Francisco Sánchez-Bayo and Kris Wyckhuys, reviewed 73 historical reports of insect declines from ...
Gene editing could boost UK agriculture, but ‘anti-science’ lobby must not control the debate, experts say
Gene editing can bring clear benefits to the UK food and farming industry as UK agricultural moves through its fourth ...
UK farming minister says neonicotinoid ban has boosted pesticide use
[UK] Farming Minister George Eustice has admitted the recent ban on neonicotinoids has actually increased overall pesticide use. Mr Eustice made ...
Farmers say Europe’s neonicotinoid pesticide bans put their crops at risk
In April [2018], the EU introduced a ban on outdoor use of three neonicotinoids – clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam – ...
EU neonicotinoid ban could leave UK sugar beet farmers with no defense against virus
Following the partial neonicotinoid ban on flowering crops in 2013, the latest restriction which was voted on earlier this year, ...
How a permanent ban on neonicotinoid insecticides would impact UK farmers
The world’s most widely used insecticides could be banned for use on all field crops [in 2017], if proposals are ...
Neonics ‘not harmful’ to bees but German court rules activist organizations can claim otherwise
A judge has ruled that the German branch of Friends of Earth (BUND) has a right to voice its concerns over ...
Rebranding genetic modification as ‘ethical crop breeding’
Genetic modification (GM) should be re-branded as ‘ethical crop breeding’ with the patented technology used for ‘the greater good’ rather than ...
British farmers union calls for review of insecticide ban as losses mount
The National Farmer's Union of England and Wales (NFU) has called on policymakers to urgently review the evidence showing the ...
Hostility to GM putting EU in ‘global slow lane’
The growing influence of green lobbyists and anti-capitalists on European policymaking is condemning the EU the ‘global slow lane’ when ...
European farming organizations demand greater access to GM crops
The organizations representing farmers in the four countries of the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Portugal and Romania have written ...
UK: After environment minister’s call for GM adoption, farmers say they must see market acceptance
The following is an edited excerpt. Farmers in the UK have welcomed the call for a fresh debate on genetically ...
Genetically modified animals could boost UK food security
The following is an excerpt. Professor Helen Sang and Prof Bruce Whitelaw from the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute, who ...
UK: Rothamsted looks to extend GM wheat trials
The following is an excerpt. The centre in Harpenden, which was attacked by anti-GM protesters for its aphid resistant wheat ...
Heath hits out at ‘international hypocrisy’ on GM
The following is an edited excerpt. Farming Minister David Heath has hit out at the ‘international hypocrisy’ he claims exists ...
GM maize ban lifted in Russia
A temporary ban on GM maize has been lifted in Russia. The ban was put in place in September last ...
UK: Row erupts over GM ‘agenda setting’ claims
Anti-GM lobby groups Genewatch UK and GM Freeze have published information which they believe shows GM companies such as Monsanto, ...
Plant genetics’ role in challenging year
The cold, wet weather has affected both early and late-sown crops across the varietal spectrum. In 2011, most crops were ...