Precision bred crops break new ground

The UK's precision breeding sector has reached a significant milestone, with two British farmers becoming the first in Europe to grow and harvest gene-edited crops in commercial field conditions

Ashleigh Ellwood
Head of Arable
clock • 2 min read
Precision bred barley being mown in Nottinghamshire on June 16
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Precision bred barley being mown in Nottinghamshire on June 16

As part of the British On-Farm Innovation Network's (BOFIN) Platform to Rate Organisms Bred for Improved Trait and Yield (Probity) project, two farmers have successfully grown precision-bred spring barley....

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