Front Range Biosciences partners with European researchers

LAFAYETTE — Front Range Biosciences, a biotech company that provides high-value crop producers with its Clean Stock plants, has partnered with Barcelona-based Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, or CRAG.

The breeding partnership will allow Lafayette-based FRB to leverage world-class research facilities from CRAG and advance its marker-assisted breeding platform in the development of new cannabis plant varieties and improved hemp cultivation.

CRAG is an independent organization established across a consortium of four major Spanish research institutions. Among them is the Institute for Agri-Food Research and Technology, whose researchers will be involved in the collaborative…