April 10, 2025

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Driscoll’s loses US strawberry patent suit (Fruitnet)

Proposal for a new plant breeding law in Switzerland - easing the path for CRISPR/Cas plants (Lexology)

April 9, 2025

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United Kingdom - Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette, Special edition, April 2025

United Kingdom - Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette, April 2025

Projet de règlement NGT : Les membres du Collectif en faveur de l’innovation variétale se félicitent de la position du Conseil de l’Union européenne

Euroseeds welcomes progress on new genomic techniques (NGT): time to deliver an enabling framework

Estatus de la regulación a nivel global de las nuevas técnicas genómicas (NGTs). Parte 1

April 7, 2025

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Bayer announces filing of petition to U.S. Supreme Court for review of Durnell Roundup case

France - Comment prendre en compte l’adaptation au changement climatique lors de l’inscription des variétés au catalogue national ?

April 4, 2025

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Building intellectual property capacity across nations: ICRISAT’s South-South training sparks cross-country learning

NVWA zet in op verbetering beschikbaarheid traceringsgegevens door bedrijven in de plantaardige keten

Australian OGTR - DIR 215 - Limited and controlled release of canola genetically modified for dairy protein production

ASTA co-hosts Lunch & Learn on new genomic techniques in Brussels

April 3, 2025

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Switzerland to draft new law on GMOs
Loi spéciale pour les nouvelles techniques génétiques en Suisse

April 2, 2025

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Brazil soy seed piracy generates $1.76 billion in losses per year, study finds (Reuters)

April 1, 2025

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USDA/APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine expands risk-based sampling for lettuce varieties at U.S. ports of entry

United Kingdom government publishes Precision Breeding secondary legislation

New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - The Plant Variety Rights Journal - April 2025

ASTA, the American Seed Trade Association, and 18 other agricultural organizations submit a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Commerce, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative expressing concerns regarding the effects that tariffs will have on American farmers, businesses, and consumers

Patentstreit um Braugerste (BauernZeitung)

March 31, 2025

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Canadian Seed Growers’ Association (CSGA) and Seeds Canada agree on a joint statement to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on the establishment of a Seed Sector Advisory Committee

Grüne Gentechnik - Passt altes EU-Recht noch zu neuen Biotechnologien? (Deutschlandfunk)

First skin-transplant potato variety obtained plant breeders’ rights

Deutschland - Wie umgehen mit der Nachbauerklärung der Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltung (Westfälisch-Lippischer Landwirtschaftsverband e.V.)

Deutschland - Welche Beize ist für Mais erlaubt? Darf ich Saatgut mit nicht zugelassener Beize noch nutzen? (Top Agrar)

March 28, 2025

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Brasil, CTNBio - Accesse a pauta da 280ª Reunião Ordinária da CTNBio, 10 de abril de 2025

Swedish Board of Agriculture - Växtsortmeddelanden (växtförädlarrätter) / Plant Varieties Gazette, 2025:4

Nagaland, Myanmar - Workshop raises awareness on Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers Rights’ Authority (PPV& FRA) (NagalandPost)

March 27, 2025

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European Union, public consultations on GMO authorisation applications - Maize DAS1131 - Scientific Opinion on the assessment of genetically modified maize DAS1131, for food and feed uses, under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (application GMFF-2021-1530)

USDA/APHIS - Resuming Federal Register publications for petitions for nonregulated status of genetically engineered plants in accordance with USDA’s biotechnology regulations