Technology

With the Government’s decision on post-Brexit gene editing (GE) regulation due to be announced any day now, Prof Wendy Harwood of the John Innes Centre (JIC) outlined some of the opportunities the technology could bring.

This year’s Cereals Event saw more robots on display than ever before, but Harper Adams University researchers say that the commercialisation of crop robots in Europe is being stymied by regulation.

Bayer has announced the European launch of its global Carbon Initiative. Five farmers from the UK and more than 20 others from across Europe will be working with Bayer to investigate how to decarbonise the food value chain.

The first production autonomous robotic tractor has arrived in the UK. Designed, developed and built in Denmark, the Agrointelli Robotti has been purchased by Home Farm Nacton in Suffolk, a member of Fram Farmers co-

SCIENTISTS have refined a transformational process that allows nitrate to be captured from drinking water for use in agriculture as a liquid fertiliser.

The John Innes Centre has called for urgent investment in new research tools to address major global losses of wheat crops which cost £22 billion per year.

Claas has announced it has started to collaborate with and invest in the Dutch start-up company AgXeed, as it look to offer customers autonomous solutions.

A major new report released in Brussels has highlighted the contribution of plant breeding to sustainable agriculture in Europe, both historically over the coming decades.

Research exploring an amino acid in wheat and potatoes has highlighted the potential that CRISPR technology has to address other targets in wheat breeding.

Gene edited (GE) wheat could be planted as soon as September if Defra gives Rothamsted Research’s latest project the green light.