The Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) hearing of the AgResearch application to allow genetically engineered cattle, sheep and goats, is unjust when very similar applications are already banned by the High Court, according to the Soil & Health Association of NZ.

Leading thinkers in the field of genetics from both sides of the Tasman will gather in Wellington later this month for the 2nd Australia-New Zealand Roundtable on Genomics on Tuesday 24 November 2009.

Rural Delivery continues to look back at highlights from stories covered in spring this year. We look at advances in genomics, mussel breeding and what work is being done to reduce pesticide use in the pipfruit industry.