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A technician reads DNA sequences at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center at Clay Center, Nebraska. The balance of producers' investment in cattle DNA testing versus the potential return to management is going to vary across operations.

DNA testing can have value in commercial beef sector

Costs of Production: There are advantages to testing some cows, heifers, bulls and calves

By Sean McGrath March 7, 2025

There is growing interest in the commercial beef industry around using DNA to inform selection decisions. While traditionally the realm of the seedstock industry, commercial DNA testing and changes in the way we manage cattle have led to some big changes in how we think about genetic selection. DNA testing, in broad terms, means using […] Read more

File photo of equipment tracks over a field in England. (Georgeclerk/E+/Getty Images)

Crops, Reuters

Regulations on gene-edited crops to be eased in England

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 29, 2021

London | Reuters — Britain’s farming and environment minister George Eustice announced Wednesday that regulations related to gene editing in agricultural research would be eased in England following a public consultation. Rules will now largely be aligned with conventional breeding methods for research and development into plants although scientists will still be required to notify […] Read more

Chicks atop images from a genetic map of a chicken. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Gene-edited chickens planned in bid to halt next pandemic

By GFM Network News January 22, 2019

London | Reuters — British scientists are developing gene-edited chickens designed to be totally resistant to flu in a new approach to trying to stop the next deadly human pandemic. The first of the transgenic chicks will be hatched later this year at the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, said Wendy […] Read more

Palmer amaranth. (United Soybean Board photo)

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North Dakota still on lookout for Palmer amaranth

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News September 21, 2018

CNS Canada –– Officials in North Dakota continue to hunt down suspicious plants in a bid to keep the aggressive weed Palmer amaranth from establishing there. Palmer amaranth, a pigweed species, made its first confirmed appearance in North Dakota last month, in a soybean field in McIntosh County, in the south-central area of the state. […] Read more

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New GM technique promises to speed new crop development

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News August 9, 2018

CNS Canada — Scientists in the United States say they have found a new method for inserting genes into crops that could speed up development of new varieties. “Making genetic improvements that were difficult or impossible before will be much easier because we can now insert not just one or two genes, but multiple genes […] Read more

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U.S. patent agency to weigh rival claims on CRISPR

By GFM Network News December 6, 2016

Reuters — The U.S. patent agency on Tuesday will hear arguments in a heated dispute over who was first to invent a revolutionary gene-editing technology known as CRISPR. Hundreds of millions of dollars may be at stake, as the technology promises commercial applications in treating genetic diseases, engineering crops, and other areas. CRISPR works as […] Read more

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Canada’s foreign affairs minister spoke with Chinese counterpart, federal government says

China soybean imports hit record June high on strong Brazil shipments

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Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Canada’s foreign affairs minister spoke with Chinese counterpart, federal government says

China soybean imports hit record June high on strong Brazil shipments

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DNA testing can have value in commercial beef sector

Regulations on gene-edited crops to be eased in England

Gene-edited chickens planned in bid to halt next pandemic

North Dakota still on lookout for Palmer amaranth

New GM technique promises to speed new crop development

U.S. patent agency to weigh rival claims on CRISPR

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