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One of the 18 science programmes to receive funding last year from the Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Centre will look at whether farmers can reduce agricultural emissions by growing pasture plants which are high yield, but low nitrogen. The research will be undertaken by AgResearch, one of New Zealand’s Crown Research Institute. An excerpt: (read in [...]

Kent Atkinson (NZPA) reports in Business Day on the upcoming application by the Pastoral Genomics group for a conditional release of GM forages, in particular clover and ryegrass. The application, however, has raised concerns amongst some groups who worry that the altered genes could spread into non-GM pasture species. An excerpt: (read in full here) [...]