Latest Food Headlines

  1. BTI Scientists Illuminate Ancient Plant-Fungus Partnership At Molecular Level 1/22/2026

    For 450 million years, plants and soil fungi have been trading partners. The fungi weave through plant roots, delivering phosphorus and other soil minerals in exchange for sugars and fats produced by the plant through photosynthesis.

  2. Smart Sprayer Study Confirms AI's Cost-Cutting Capabilities 1/21/2026

    A Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) journal, Weed Science, recently published a research article showing that smart sprayers with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities can help reduce foliar herbicide use and their costs for Midwest corn and soybean producers.

  3. SiFly And Taranis Launch Field Validation Program To Accelerate Aerial Crop Intelligence At Scale 1/21/2026

    SiFly Aviation, Inc., a U.S.-based manufacturer of long-endurance autonomous VTOL drones, and Taranis, a U.S.-based leader in AI-powered, leaf-level crop intelligence, today announced the launch of a joint 2026 Field Validation Program focused on validating a new operational model for large-scale aerial crop intelligence.

  4. Scientists Find Potential For Better Soybean Harvests By Mining Genomes For Cyst Nematode Resistance 1/21/2026

    Soybean farmers around the world face a persistent and costly enemy hidden beneath the soil: soybean cyst nematode (SCN), a microscopic roundworm that attacks plant roots and drains yields.

  5. Fortifi Leads Future of Food Processing Industry 1/20/2026

    Fortifi Exemplifies People-Centric Approach Through Client-First Attitude, Empathic Leadership, Commitment to Values and Community

  6. Veteran Grower Chris Weaver Partners With Locus Agriculture, Concept AgriTek, And AgroTech USA To Set Non-Irrigated Soybean Yield Record 1/20/2026

    Veteran grower Chris Weaver of Hickory Hollow Farms, working in collaboration with Locus Agriculture, Concept AgriTek, and AgroTech USA, has set a new world record for non-irrigated soybean yield using a combined biological, foliar, and nutrient-efficiency program.

  7. ICRISAT And Partners Announce Release Of The World's First Three-Way Pearl Millet Hybrid 1/20/2026

    ICRISAT, in collaboration with Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) through the All India Coordinated Research Project on Pearl Millet (AICRP) centre at the Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute (RARI) has developed the multifunctional, world’s first three-way pearl millet hybrid, RHB 273.

  8. Innovations In Spatial Imaging Could Unlock Higher Wheat Yields 1/20/2026

    Researchers at the John Innes Centre and the Earlham Institute are pioneering powerful single-cell visualisation techniques that could unlock higher yields of global wheat.

  9. Understanding Soil pH Effects On Citrus Root Morphology And Nutrient Uptake Efficiency 1/19/2026

    Citrus is a major global fruit crop grown in more than 130 countries, with great economic and nutritional importance.

  10. SAP And Syngenta Announce Partnership To Scale AI-Assisted Agriculture 1/15/2026

    SAP SE and Syngenta, a global leader in agricultural innovation, today announced a multi-year strategic technology partnership to accelerate AI-assisted innovation across Syngenta’s global operations.