b"INDUSTRY NEWSTAILORED TO SEED PROFESSIONALS, INDUSTRY NEWS DELIVERS THE PEOPLE, RESEARCH, BUSINESS AND PRODUCT NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW. SUBMISSIONS ARE WELCOME. EMAIL US AT NEWS@SEEDWORLDGROUP.COM.The approval of all 28 Strategic Plans (one for each EU coun- for Holyrood Distillery and increase knowledge and awareness try, two for Belgium) by the European Commission marks theabout the positive traits of heritage barleys.start of the new Common Agricultural Policy, scheduled on 1 January 2023. 264 billion of EU funding will support European farmers in the transition towards a sustainable and resilient agri- After more than three decades of successful collaboration, cultural sector, and help preserve the vitality and the diversityBASFs vegetable seeds business has completed the acquisi-of the rural areas.tion of privately-owned French company ASL, one of the worlds leading innovative melon breeding companies. The transaction includes all aspects of ASLs current business, as it covers seed CPVOs vision towards 2026, the Strategic Plan of theproduction, intellectual property rights, germplasm, research Community Plant Variety Office for the period 2022-2026and development facilities and staff, according to a release. was published Nov. 21, 2022. Strategic Plan 2022-2026 provides an overall vision and outlines the priorities and focus areas of the CPVO in the coming years. The document is also a key portionSyngenta Vegetable Seeds just announced its ToBRFV of their performance management framework, helping ensureInformation Center, an online tool that offers growers that the CPVO achieves its objectives in an efficient, effective,resources in their fight for healthy tomatoes, according to a and consistent manner.release. Since the pathogens discovery in 2015, Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) has hit tomato production in at least 35 countries around the globeand that number contin-Researchers working on an ancient form of barley grown onlyues to grow. on Unst, Shetlands northernmost island, have returned from a knowledge exchange trip to Germany that will help better under-stand its specific traits. By learning a state-of-the-art computa- Switzerland-based Albaugh Europe Sarl announced the tional method for assembling plant genome sequences from theiracquisition of Industrias Afrasa, headquartered in Valencia, German counterparts, the researchers from The James HuttonSpain. Founded in 1955 by Aurelio Fernndez, Industrias Institute in Dundee will be able to find the unique traits of BereAfrasas formulation facilities opened in Paterna in 1974. The Unst barley that can then be used to create higher quality andcompany is now in the third generation of leadership under more productive varieties.Arantxa Fernndez. Afrasa has seen significant growth since the companys establishment in 1955 and has expanded into Europe, North Africa and the Middle East with over 350 products The James Hutton Institute and McLaughlin & Harvey haveregistered in 28 countries, while defending more than 12 active signed construction contracts worth 28.7m for the next stageingredients in Europe.of the ongoing redevelopment of The James Hutton Institutes Invergowrie estate. This new contract comprises the con-struction of a combined Advanced Plant Growth Centre andCorteva announced the signing of a definitive agreement to International Barley Hub. This next phase is part of a masterplanacquire Stoller Group, Inc., one of the largest independent to create two institute-led innovation centres at Invergowrie,biologicals businesses in the industry. Houston-based Stoller helping to establish Scotland as a leader in global foodboasts a forecasted revenue for 2022 of $400 million with oper-security and crop resilience. The Tay Cities Region Deal isations and sales in over 60 countries. Corteva believes the acqui-a partnership between the UK and Scottish governments alongsition will bring immediate scale and profitability, according to with public and private organisations that together will invest upa release.to 700 million in projects promoting sustainable and inclusive prosperity for the region. The first sugar beet variety with resistance to virus yel-lows, SONIC VYtech, is now registered in Europe. This will Experts from Heriot-Watt's International Centre for Brewing andprovide a more secure beet growing in areas where there is a Distilling are working with Holyrood Distillery in Edinburgh tolarge infestation of aphids that transmit the virus yellows. find out whether old species of barley could create distinc-tive new whiskies. Over the next six years, theyll test at least eight heritage barley varieties and provide the scientific evidenceEuroseeds participated in an EFSA Stakeholder event on The needed to classify the flavours and aromas they bring to a dram.safety of plants derived from New Genomic Techniques: look-The team hopes that the research will create new single maltsing into future risk assessment challenges which was held on 38IEUROPEAN SEEDIEUROPEAN-SEED.COM"