Robin Wood

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Robin Wood

Robin Wood

@RobinLauriewoo1

Managing director at Elsoms Seeds, the UK's leading independent plant breeding, seed supply and seed treating company

Spalding, England Katılım Şubat 2016
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British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB)
The BSPB and plant breeding sector welcomes the commitment Secretary of State Steve Reed has made at the #OFC25 to introduce the necessary secondary legislation, by the end of March, to enable precision breeding techniques. This will encourage investment and innovation in UK plant breeding and agriculture. In turn, that will lead to newer and more sustainable varieties of plants being developed more quickly, delivering environment and economic benefits to all of us. The BSPB's Anthony Hopkins explores this and some other aspects of the speech in more detail.
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British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB)
The seed sector very much welcomed the new Government's commitment to enable precision breeding in September. As Defra made clear, it would enhance the ability of plant breeders to help us meet the challenges we face of making agriculture and food security more resilient and sustainable. The current uncertainty risks undermining the potential benefits, and confidence to invest in the technology as the FT cover ft.com/content/90f7bf…
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British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB)
We welcome Defra and @DanielZeichner confirming they will bring forward the necessary legislation to allow plant breeders to use precision breeding technology. It will allow them to develop better crop varieites faster than before and thereby meet the challenges of ensuring national food security, sustainability, and resilience for farmers and food supply chains. gov.uk/government/new…
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British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB)
The BSPB welcomes the questions @CommonsEFRA raise in this letter, but whilst clarity on the #BTOM is urgently needed, we are less than four days away from this coming into force. Seed breeders, like so many other sectors on the engagement calls over the last couple of weeks, need answers to know how their consignments of perishable and valuable seeds will be handled, and that processes will work. @DefraGovUK
EFRA Committee@CommonsEFRA

🖋️We have today written to the @DefraGovUK Secretary of State @SteveBarclay to ask for clarity over the reported delays to the import checks due to commence on 30 April. 📩Read our letter here: committees.parliament.uk/publications/4…

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Science for Sustainable Agriculture
Wow! A nutrient-rich GM purple tomato developed by British scientists, which could help improve health, is proving a hit in the United States. ITV News reports that seed sales topped $200,000 in the first week. At $20 per pack, that's 10,000 units sold! itv.com/news/anglia/20…
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World Carrot Museum 🥕
World Carrot Museum 🥕@carrotmuseum·
Experts spread festive cheer revealing Christmas dinner can be healthy, and in particular the researchers at Newcastle University have found that the popular festive side-dish of carrots could help reduce the risk of cancer by almost a quarter. shorturl.at/goQ35
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Robin Wood@RobinLauriewoo1·
@Grainseed Agreed; this is a great example of how we should work together
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Grainseed@Grainseed·
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Maize treatments guaranteed until 2027! Industry collaboration has resulted in a change of Law allowing maize seed treatments/ parallel imports of pesticides to continue. This gives maize growers certainty until 2027! 🌱🎁🌱🎁🌱🎁🌱 #ChristmasComeEarly
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Bejo
Bejo@BejoWorld·
🧅 ‘Customer relationships are key’. The Dutch company JPB exports non-perishable foods to customers around the world. It ships most products under its own label directly to their final destinations. Read more about Crimsun onions and JPB 👉🏼 bit.ly/3qcRUtZ #trade #onion
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