In order to get an accurate grasp of accomplishments being made in the field right now I searched for news stories on the topic of genetic engineering.
One of the major trends that I found when searching the news for genetic engineering was the use of technology on plants. An article by Courtney Humpries for the Technology Review put out by MIT talked about "More-Precise Genetic Engineering for Plants: New technology makes it possible to alter plant genes precisely and efficiently". It described the process of genetic engineering on plants as time-intensive and imprecise but there is a new process that gives them more control, targeting certain plant genes much more precisely than before. A picture included with the article shows that researchers were able to "alter a gene in tobacco plants to make them herbicide resistant. The plants shown on the left are able to thrive when exposed to herbicide, compared with control plants at right" (Humpries).
There was another article covering genetic engineering of plants that talked about the alteration of an African corn type to include more nutritional value than previously by adding genes to the corn from other species. The application of this is amazing because it could help to alleviate hunger and health issues in third world countries (Brasher).