May 2, 2024

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Rothamsted scientists have been accumulating datasets crucial for a sustainable agricultural future for decades - Now they want more researchers to use them

April 8, 2024

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Glyphosate ban could lead to difficult trade-offs - New modelling shows reduced yields of some crops if widely used herbicide is withdrawn, with alternative approaches to weed control offering mixed outcomes

January 9, 2024

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Rothamsted submission to Food Standards Agency consultation on precision bred organisms - The consultation seeks to collect views from stakeholders on proposals for regulation and associated impact in England

December 6, 2023

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Potential of soils to sequester carbon being “seriously overestimated” - A reality check is needed to avoid costly policy mistakes

March 24, 2023

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Rothamsted Research welcomes new GE law - UK Bioscience sector now open for business say scientists

September 14, 2022

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Converting grazing land to arable 'unsustainable' in West Country and other parts of Northern Europe - Crop failures and small yields likely as climate change stops farm machinery from accessing fields

August 25, 2022

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Climate change impact on hay yields will leave farmers short of feed - New analysis points to spring hay decline in southern England of up to 50% by 2080

April 11, 2022

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United Kingdom - Dawn of a new era - GM pioneers celebrate as relaxing of rules around gene editing finally comes into force

July 22, 2021

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United Kingdom - Take action to harness the unique contribution of plant genetic innovation, Government urged

April 19, 2021

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Increasing weed threat now greater than at any point in human history - Long term experiment shows climate, crop height, fertiliser and herbicide resistance are all to blame

January 7, 2021

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Rothamsted welcomes Defra consultation on gene editing - "The solutions that genome editing make possible cannot come too soon"

July 3, 2020

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When the drugs don't work - Using pesticide mixtures to combat resistance might be encouraging a different problem

December 16, 2019

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Genetic research points to wheat’s untapped yield potential

July 25, 2019

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Rothamstedt Research responds to new British Prime Minister's pledge on GM crops - Promise comes one year after the European Court of Justice ruled that genome editing technology be classed as GM

July 10, 2019

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Surprising birthplace of modern data analysis celebrates 100 years - Today's statistical methods and computerised data analysis can be traced back to an unlikely band of pioneers

June 4, 2019

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Foods enhanced with proven health benefits not making it to consumers quckly enough - Tools for tackling global epidemics of malnutrition, obesity and their associated health problems are stuck in ‘development limbo’, says GM expert

December 19, 2018

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Gene edited food imports into the European Union will be almost impossible to spot - The scientist responsible for the only public trial of a gene edited crop in Europe has said the EU decision to reclassify the plants as GM will cause a regulatory nightmare for food standard agencies

And here is to the next 175 years at Rothamstedt Research - As this landmark year comes to an end, our Head of Communications, James Clarke looks back on an eventful 12 months, as well as a peek into what the future might hold for farming

October 24, 2018

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Scientists united to szafeguard precisoin breeding - Appeal comes in the wake of the European Court of Justice’s ruling that regulation of the technology should fall under existing GMO laws

October 17, 2018

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United Kinngdom - Teen survey reveals attitudes towards food and farming - Research reveals that despite teenagers feeling disconnected from farming, many of today’s young people are interested in how their food is produced and science’s role within that

September 13, 2018

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Call for clarity after EU ruling on gene-edited crops - An open letter, signed by leading research institutions, universities, plant breeders, crop agronomy companies and biotech multinationals, is delivered to Defra Secretary

July 30, 2018

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Viewpoint: Setback for gene editing - Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that a crop whose performance has been altered by a modern genome technique must pass the same checks as GM crops that include foreign genes

May 17, 2018

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Food security and health: revenge of the nasty fungi - Knowledge of fungal disease in agriculture emphasises a "global collapse" in the ability of chemicals to control pathogenic fungi that threaten human health as well as food security

March 2, 2018

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Broad brush condemns neonics - Rothamsted Research comments on a European evaluation of the unintended risks to bees from neonicotinoid pesticides that again highlights the need for more detailed studies

February 22, 2018

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United Kingdom - Rothamsted Research comments on the Business Secretary's speech calling for an agricultural revolution in the use of technology and innovation

January 5, 2018

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Back to the future - Long-term experiments continue to inform agricultural science, to guide the future of farming and food production, all issues for a new conference in May at Rothamsted Research

November 21, 2017

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Plastic plants are okay! - As a developmental geneticist by training, Ottoline Leyser might have studied animals, but plants' ability to tune their development to their environment won her over completely

November 9, 2017

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United Kingdom backs neonics ban - Restrictions on the use of neonicotinoids should be extended to safeguard bees and other pollinators, says Environment Secretary Michael Gove

October 20, 2017

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Out of the classroom and into the lab - Students pondering STEM careers win praise for tackling a diverse range of research projects to gain a taste of life as agricultural scientists - Four Nuffield scholars who worked in laboratories at Rothamsted Research

October 10, 2017

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'Better understanding' needed to exploit GM crops (Farmers Weekly)