AgResearch and partners have started a process toward seeking permission to operate an outdoor growing trial of ryegrass with gene-edited additions, in what would be the first application of its type in New Zealand in well over a decade. More at: agresearch.co.nz/news/pasture-b…

Oversight and Food Safety Concerns Posed by Heritable Genetic Modification in Food Animals National Academies NASEM Agriculture public meeting scheduled for July 23rd, 2024 at 8:15 am - Noon ET. Registration link is at the following link 🐮🐑🧬Ag&Natural Resources UC Davis #geneediting nationalacademies.org/event/42951_07…

Time for a NorfolkPlantSciences update - and the control

There has been comment by methane science accord members about breeding for reduced methane emissions in sheep here is the science-informed response ruralnewsgroup.co.nz/rural-news/rur…

Went to the Rolling Stones concert 🎶 down in Levi’s stadium 🏟️ in the Bay Area last night ✅ bucket list

Love this photo from bootcamp this morning - we are rays of sunshine ☀️

Alison Van Eenennaam (@biobeef), an animal geneticist UC Davis, uses CRISPR technology to eliminate horns on dairy cows, create all male offspring in cattle, and generate sheep that model high blood pressure. Read more about her endeavors here: bit.ly/4cM1pTU

I just want to be clear that this was not the work of our laboratory 🧬 - if it was we would obviously have made a polled cowducken UC Davis Ag&Natural Resources

"We argue that significant mitigation of livestock emissions can be delivered immediately by improving animal health and hence production efficiency, but this route is not prioritized because its benefits, although intuitive, are poorly quantified"

Great ti spend some time with my colleague Bret McNabb & embryo transfer extraordinaire at the Theriogenology conference in Oklahoma City including a visit to the National Cowboy 🤠 museum UC Davis UC Davis Veterinary Medicine

Guardian cat 🐈 protecting my NorfolkPlantSciences and controls from …harvesting 😂

Scientific and industry leaders are urging Ministers in the new UK Government to act quickly and decisively in bringing forward the secondary legislation needed to implement the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 in England. scienceforsustainableagriculture.com/ssa-news-24

Meat & Livestock Australia is looking for new members on the NLGC (National Livestock Genetics Consortium) If you are: A researcher in livestock genetics. OR Southern Beef Producer And want to have an impact on genetic spending in your industry, THIS IS FOR YOU. Links Below⬇️

A biotech company in Japan invented an injectable enzyme. He removes the overalls without breaking the wool. 🐏

A Government commitment today by Judith Collins to changing laws around use of gene technology is welcome, so that we can take solutions out of the lab and test them in real-world conditions. Read more at: agresearch.co.nz/news/gene-tech…

Still time to register for European Veterinary Immunology Workshop 2024 in Dublin next week! eviw2024.org Through the #OneHealth lens, experts will examine how a collaborative approach can lead to a safer future.

Bull breeders zoning-in on selection for lower cattle methane emissions - Beef Central beefcentral.com/genetics/bull-…

Looking forward to talking to Philip Boucher-Hayes tomorrow morning on CountryWide in Ireland about the European Veterinary Immunology Workshop 2024 conference organized by Kieran Meade We will discuss the use of gene editing 🧬 to develop livestock resistant to diseases like TB, BVD, & PRRS youtu.be/bM31E_LRszc

Closing panel European Veterinary Immunology Workshop 2024 featuring all-star panel with no actual immunologists! Prof Alison Van Eenennaam Prof Alison Van Eenennaam (@BioBeef) UC Davis Prof Grace Mulcahy grace mulcahy UCD School of Veterinary Medicine Prof Delia Grace Randolph Uni of Greenwich & Caroline Garvan Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine #OneHealth is everyone's health🦠

This is going to be one of those eye popping “The future is here” conversations. #RTECountrywide