oilseed rape

UK government trials show GM crop bad news for the environment

Last edited 21 March 2005 at 9:00am
Oil seed rape

Oil seed rape

Today the government published the second set of results from the GM Farm Scale Evaluations (FSE) of Winter-Sown Oilseed Rape in the UK. The four-year study showed that compared to non-GM fields, growing GM Winter-Sown Oilseed Rape results in fewer numbers of broad-leaved weed seeds, which are a major source of food for farmland birds, half as many bees and two-thirds fewer butterflies.

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Major blow for biotech as Bayer stops GM research in India

Last edited 17 November 2004 at 9:00am
17 November, 2004

In a major blow to the future of genetically modified (GM) crops in the developing world, GM company Bayer has announced that it has stopped all its work on creating new GM crops in India. In a letter to Greenpeace, Bayer claims that the decision to stop GM research was "due to changes in our global research strategy," and concedes that all work on GM cabbage, cauliflower, aubergine, tomato and mustard seed has stopped. The company will now only concentrate on conventional plant breeding.

Article tagged as: agriculture, bayer, GM, GM crops, india, oilseed rape, press releases

GM public debate: Environmental damage

Last edited 24 May 2003 at 8:00am
Rape seed

Rape seed

Article tagged as: contamination, farm trials, GM crops, oilseed rape, sugar beet

Government announces location of more GM crop trials

Last edited 14 March 2002 at 9:00am
A field of organic crops

A field of organic crops

Article tagged as: farmscale trials, GM, GM maize, GM trials, oilseed rape, sugar beet

GM trial sites revealed

Last edited 31 January 2002 at 9:00am
Farm Scale Trials

Farm Scale Trials

Genetically modified (GM) crops are to be planted at 44 new locations around the UK this spring, the government has announced today.

GM oilseed rape is to be sown at 27 sites, and GM fodder and sugar beet is to be planted at a further 17 sites - in the latest phase of the controversial 'farm-scale trials'. A full list of sites, including six-figure grid references, is available to download here (file prepared as a pdf).

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