Latest Food Headlines

  1. Hope For Global Banana Farming In Genetic Discovery 2/19/2026

    Scientists have pinpointed crucial genetic resistance to a fungal disease which threatens the global banana supply in a wild subspecies of the fruit.

  2. TerraClear Bridges The 'Action Gap' With TerraScout: The First Fully Autonomous Robot For Real-Time Field Prescriptions In Large Acre Row Crops 2/19/2026

    TerraClear, a leader in agricultural automation, today announced the launch of TerraScout, a fully autonomous robot designed to collect ultra-high-resolution imagery across the entire field at high productivity and low cost.

  3. Texas A&M Agrilife Research Projects To Enhance Rice Yields, Health Benefits 2/19/2026

    Two new Texas A&M AgriLife Research projects are advancing rice breeding strategies to improve productivity for growers while creating new opportunities in health-focused markets.

  4. New Research Examines Herbicide Safety And Timing For Specialty Crops 2/19/2026

    Two recent studies conducted by a consortium of researchers from Cornell University, Rutgers, Penn State, and the University of Delaware provide new insights into postemergence herbicide use in vegetable crops.

  5. Moving Biopesticides Through Plants Opens New Opportunities 2/18/2026

    University of Queensland research has revealed that double-stranded RNA-based biopesticides (dsRNA) sprayed on plant leaves can travel right down into root systems.

  6. Ginkgo Bioworks And Invaio Sciences Enter Collaboration To Develop Manufacturing Technology For Peptide-Based Agricultural Products 2/18/2026

    Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA, "Ginkgo") and Invaio Sciences, an agricultural biotechnology company leading in nature-positive crop protection solutions, today announced a collaboration to develop strains that can efficiently manufacture peptide-based crop protection inputs.

  7. Montel Partners With TMU Researchers To Advance Pollinator-Independent Indoor Berry Production In Canada 2/17/2026

    Montel Inc., Canada's leading manufacturer of high-density mobile systems, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with researchers from Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) to support the development of a groundbreaking pollinator-independent indoor berry production.

  8. New Research Proposes Public Health Shift: Change Agricultural Production To Make Staple Foods Healthier 2/17/2026

    Ali Parsaeimehr, assistant research professor in South Dakota State University's Department of Biology and Microbiology, is a leading co-author in an effort to find new ways to boost public health without relying on individuals to give up foods they love.

  9. Extreme Heat And Drought At Flowering Could Put Future Wheat Harvests At Risk 2/17/2026

    As the climate changes, farmers around the world are facing more frequent and intense weather extremes.

  10. Mizzou Researchers Uncover How Plants Regulate Root Growth 2/16/2026

    What’s the key to growing resilient crops that can survive tough conditions? Researchers at the University of Missouri are getting to the root of it — literally.