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.On 7 September, the European Commission and the Unitedof National Institute of Agricultural Botany, NIAB, which is Kingdom reached a political agreement for restoring the UKsUK based. The agreement will allow the Crop Science Division participation in Horizon Europe, the EUs research and innovationto expand into the protected strawberry market and will provide programme. For more than two years, collaboration was hamperedsolutions and high-quality strawberries to growers. The varieties of since the UK researchers had to rely on UK equivalent grants andstrawberries are complimented by Bayers biological and chemical funding instead of being on the same terms as researchers fromcrop protection products.other EU associated countries. The agreement foresees that, as of 1 January 2024, researchers and organisations in the UK will be able to participate again in Horizon Europe, hence from the 2024 WorkRothamsted will be a partner in a new initiative to explore the Programmes onwards, including the 2024 calls opening in Octoberpotential of using green ammonia to mitigate climate change for Cluster 6 on a wide range of topics including food, bioeconomy,whilst still supporting food production. The UK, with the U.S., natural resources, agriculture and environment, particularly relevantCanada and Australia, has invested 61 million in the US National to actors active in plant research and the seed sector. Science Foundations Global Centers programme on clean energy and climate change. Of these, the Global Nitrogen Innovation Center for Clean Energy and the Environment (NICCEE) will The Ukrainian Parliament announced the adoption of the Draftprovide timely and crucial insights into rapidly evolving techno-Law No. 5839 On State Regulation of Genetic Engineeringlogical innovation to produce ammonia using renewable energy for Activities and State Control over the Circulation of Geneticallyclean energy and food production.Modified Organisms and Genetically Modified Products to Ensure Food Security. The new law allows Ukrainian legislation to be in line with the European Unions GMO legislation. The documentBASF has invested in a high double-digit million euro amount in is based on the eight major acts of the EU law on GMOs. a new fermentation plant for biological and biotechnology-based crop protection products at its Ludwigshafen site. The plant will manufacture products that bring value to farmers including biolog-A new study shows new agricultural technology and managementical fungicides and biological seed treatment. The plant will employ can eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, producing net negative30 people in production, logistics, engineering and maintenance. emissions. This would reduce more greenhouse gas than food sys-tems are adding. The study reported that using agricultural tech-nology could result in more than 13 billion tons of net negativeThe Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the procedure greenhouse gas emissions each year. The paper shared that thefor import of seeds and propagation material not registered in food systems of the world generate 21% and 37% of the planetsUkraine. The government of Ukraine adopted Resolution No. greenhouse gas emissions each year which could grow to 50% and964, which approved the procedure for importing into the terri-80% by 2050 if left unmanaged. tory of Ukraine seeds and planting material that are not in the Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine but are included in the List of Plant Varieties of the Organization for Economic Cooperation DLF announced the acquisition of the Corteva Agriscience alfalfaand Development. The document was prepared by the Ministry of breeding program effective September 1, 2023. This recent acqui- Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.sition includes Cortevas global alfalfa germplasm and breeding program, the Alforex Seeds brand name and trademarks including Hi-Gest alfalfa technology, Hi-Ton performance alfalfa, Hi-SaltInitial results from a new set of long-term experiments at salinity tolerant alfalfa, and msSuntra hybrid technology, currentRothamsted suggest that more regenerative approaches to agricul-commercial alfalfa varieties and select Corteva personnel supportingture, such as no-till and diversified cropping, are not a short-term the alfalfa program. fix for more sustainable food production systems but will require a long-term commitment. An experimental setup of 24 cropping systems that combine a variety of regenerative agriculture practices Dutch hybrid potato breeder Solynta has announced Peterwas established at sites in Hertfordshire and Suffolk in 2017/18. It Poortinga joined the company as CEO as of Sept. 15. He suc- has so far shown that, in the short-term, reduced tillage has resulted ceeds Hein Kruyt, who co-founded Solynta in 2007 and who willin lower wheat yields but the effect varied with crop rotation, pre-continue to serve as its chief financial officer. The release notedvious-crop and site.Plots with added organic matter significantly Poortinga has previously worked as CEO of Plukon Food Group.increased spring barley yield by 8% on average, though the effect He studied agronomy at Wageningen University with a focus onagain varied with site. The ploughed crop plots tended to produce potato science. higher caloric yield overall than systems under reduced tillage. Bayer has announced its expansion of its fruits and vegetablesSyngenta Seedcare has opened of its first biologicals service center business to now include strawberries. It is acquiring the assetsat The Seedcare Institute in Maintal, Germany. Equipped with 44ISEED WORLD EUROPEIEUROPEAN-SEED.COM'