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USDA Launches Seed Sovereignty Initiative to Strengthen Crop Genetic Resources

A $180 million investment will support sequencing of major crop collections, drawing support from the...

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U.S.

Protecting Crops from Growing Cybersecurity Threats

Researchers are calling for a national Agriculture Cybersecurity Consortium to help protect crops, farm equipment...
Canada

A Faster Seed System Still Needs Trusted Data

With combines winding down and regulatory changes approaching, the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association is preparing...
Europe

A New Phoma Threat Raises the Stakes for Oilseed Rape Breeders

With 95% of UK P. biglobosus isolates resistant to two SDHI fungicides in laboratory tests,...
Europe

Arevo: Can a Thin Red Coat Change How a Crop Uses Nitrogen

Arginex seed treatment is designed to deliver nitrogen from germination in a form plants can...
Europe

Could AI Speed Up Pheromone Discovery for Emerging Crop Pests?

Researchers identified the lily moth sex pheromone by starting with insect scent receptors rather than...
Canada

The Most Expensive Word in Farming is “Almost”

Canada invests heavily in plant breeding, seed certification and technology. But the real challenge may...

Canada

Why Saskatchewan Seed Growers are Thinking Beyond Certified Seed

From defending research farms to tackling slow adoption, the Saskatchewan Seed Growers' Association is making...
Europe

The Flavour Tomato Breeders Lost May Still Be Hiding in the Wild

Research from the Boyce Thompson Institute shows how wild tomato relatives may help breeders recover...
Europe

Seed Sector 2045: Why Plant Breeding IP Matters for Europe’s Future

Plant breeding IP is becoming central to Europe’s seed innovation debate. This article explains how...
Europe

What If Half the Wheat Diversity in the Catalogue Was Not Really Different?

A University of Córdoba review found GLU-B1 diversity in wheat was overstated, with many recorded...
U.S.

USDA Invests $180 Million in National Plant Germplasm System

The National Plant Germplasm System will receive $180 million from USDA to strengthen seed banks,...
U.S.

Seed Innovators Need a Clear Path to Market

Seed innovators need more than scientific validation to attract capital. Paola de Almeida says credible...
U.S.

Wheat Geneticist Jorge Dubcovsky Named 2026 World Agriculture Prize Laureate

Jorge Dubcovsky, a wheat geneticist at UC Davis, has been named the 2026 World Agriculture...
U.S.

The Corteva-Inari Case Is Settled… But the Bigger Questions Aren’t.

The Corteva-Inari settlement leaves larger questions unresolved about how seed innovation should balance intellectual property...
Europe

Vylor Is Open for Business: What Changes for Europe’s Seed Sector

Vylor seed genetics enters Europe with established brands, breeding programs and global R&D scale. Its...
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Europe

Euroseeds Urges Focus on Variety Performance in Organic Breeding Rules

Euroseeds is urging EU policymakers to keep organic breeding rules focused on variety performance, warning...
Canada

Better Genetics Are Running Into an Infrastructure Problem

As breeding tools become more powerful, Canada’s testing, delivery and funding systems are becoming just...
Canada

The Most Important Innovation in Pulse Breeding May Be the Network

Genomics gets the attention, but collaboration among breeders, researchers, producers and seed companies could determine...
Canada

Alberta Seed Growers Push to Protect Variety Testing as Research Capacity Shrinks

President Sarah Weigum says reliable regional trials and seed purity testing are essential to reducing...
Europe

Leonardo Costa on Corteva’s Seed Applied Technologies (SAT) Next Chapter in EMEA

Leonardo Costa outlines Corteva SAT priorities in EMEA, including new seed treatment products, customer partnerships,...
U.S.

Vegetable Trials Target Organic Seed Production Yield Gaps

Broccoli, lettuce, squash and tomato trials are helping researchers fill data gaps in organic seed...
U.S.

Bluemuda Turfgrass Could Reduce Sports Field Irrigation

Researchers at Oklahoma State University and Mississippi State University are testing 60 bluemuda turfgrass combinations...
U.S.

8 AI Players to Watch in Crop Breeding

Eight companies and research organizations are advancing AI crop breeding through predictive genomics, crop modeling,...
Europe

Early Heat Hurts Wheat Most but Could Build Resilience

Wheat heat stress causes the greatest yield losses when heat waves strike before flowering, field...
Canada

The Next Great Crop May Begin as an Uncertain Bet

Breeders, researchers and farmers have to make decisions years before they know which ideas will...
Europe

Why Is Europe Still Importing So Much of Its Livestock Protein?

European protein crops are the focus of a new €5.5 million Horizon Europe project aimed...
Canada

How Saskatchewan Can Grow Canada’s Bioeconomy

Darcy Pawlik sees a way to connect farmers and researchers with the investment, expertise and...
Canada

Can Cabbage Genetics Help Breeders Develop Better Canola Hybrids?

Farmers need more resilient and productive crops, and genetic diversity may hold some of the...
Europe

The Next Soybean Breakthrough May Be Underground

Deeper-rooted soybeans are being tested to determine whether they can improve drought resilience and store...
Canada

A Farmer’s Most Important Assets Don’t Appear on a Yield Map

Living soils, the best genetics and capable plant scientists quietly determine the future of Canadian...
Canada

The Case for One Digital Platform for Seed Retailers and Farmers

Canada has spent two decades building stewardship agreements, variety use agreements and royalty programs. What...
Canada

Could Research Cuts Push Canada’s Young Plant Breeders Elsewhere?

With public research under pressure, emerging scientist Ben Erickson explains what Canada must do to...
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Europe

Seed Sector 2045: The Future Seed Sector May Be More Layered Than Larger

The seed sector of 2045 may be shaped less by size alone and more by...
Europe

18% More Maize, 27% Less Nitrogen Loss?

G&E maize varieties could help increase global maize production while reducing reactive nitrogen losses, according...
The stalks of a young soybean plant during a period of active growth with immature green pods rise above the farm's field of soybeans
Latin America

Soybean Cultivars to Be Tested Across the Americas

Soybean cultivars will be evaluated through RRECSO-Americas, a regional network involving Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia...
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