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

March 26, 2025

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Australian OGTR - (DIR 211) The consultation period for a field trial of genetically modified safflower for dairy protein production and altered fat composition from Miruku Australia Pty Ltd is now open

USDA - Items of Interest in Seed Control, winter 2025

March 25, 2025

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Brasil, CTNBio - Accesse a deliberações da 279ª Reunião Ordinária da CTNBio, 13 de março de 2025

Ukraine: New opportunities in growing industrial hemp and legalization of medical cannabis

March 24, 2025

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Deutschland - Verlässlichkeit für alle: Erntegut-Bescheinigung - In wenigen Schritten erlangen Landwirte das Dokument

Deutschland - Nachbauerklärung online einreichen - Rückmeldefrist endet am 30. Juni 2025

Mexico enacts constitutional amendment on the protection of native corn

Kenya's Court of Appeal issued an injunction on genetically engineered products

Canada - List of non-novel products of plant breeding for environmental release

Plants with novel traits that are approved or under review for environmental release in Canada

China’s Supreme People’s Court releases fifth batch of typical cases of seed industry intellectual property protection (The National Law Review)

March 21, 2025

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Mexico approves constitutional ban on planting genetically modified corn

Romanian farmers urge interim president to ease EU neonicotinoid ban - A court of appeals has suspended the national derogation allowing the use of neonicotinoids in treated seeds (Euraktiv)

La justice roumaine suspend la dérogation autorisant l’usage de néonicotinoïdes dans les semences (Euraktiv)

USA - Corteva fails to fast-track appeal in Syngenta corn-patent suit (Bloomberg)