Latest Food Headlines

  1. Soilless Farming System Design Can Determine Microbial Growth, Impact On Crops 8/4/2026

    Vegetable production from soilless farming — a method of growing plants in a nutrient-rich solution rather than traditional soil — is significant, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), with more than half of tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce grown using hydroponics.

  2. UGM Partners With WorldVeg To Strengthen Global Plant Disease Diagnostics 8/4/2026

    Emerging plant diseases are becoming an increasingly serious global challenge, threatening crop productivity and food security.

  3. Warwick Researchers Power AI-Driven Pest Monitoring For UK Vegetable Growers 8/4/2026

    Researchers at the University of Warwick are helping to develop an artificial intelligence-powered pest monitoring system that enables UK vegetable growers to detect damaging insect pests earlier.

  4. Securing The Future Through Smarter Resource Management 8/3/2026

    Healthy natural resources are the foundation of food security, resilient livelihoods and sustainable development. By prioritizing conservation and integrated landscape management, countries can strengthen agricultural productivity while safeguarding the ecosystems that support long-term prosperity.

  5. ICRISAT Secures Gene Editing Deployment License To Strengthen Small Farms, Farmer Profitability Across Asia, Africa 8/3/2026

    In a key milestone for food security and climate-resilient agriculture, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has secured long-term access to CRISPR-Cas9 in order to deploy gene editing, one of the world's most transformative new technologies, across smallholder Asian and African farms.

  6. Limagrain And Qi Biodesign Sign Worldwide Licensing Agreement For Genome Editing Technologies To Accelerate The Development Of Next-Generation Crop Varieties 7/31/2026

    Limagrain and leading genome editing player Beijing Qi Biodesign Biotechnology Co., Ltd. ("Qi Biodesign") today announced a global licensing agreement granting Limagrain access to a portfolio of genome editing technologies for field and vegetable crops.

  7. Global Crops And Drought 7/30/2026

    As temperature and rainfall fluctuations continue to influence global crop production, UD research has identified where crops are most vulnerable to environmental stressors.

  8. Locus Agriculture Highlights The Importance Of 'Stress Economics' As Growers Expand The Use Of Bombigro® 7/30/2026

    As rising production costs and tighter margins force growers to examine every agronomic investment more closely, Locus Agriculture (Locus AG) is encouraging producers to think differently about one of farming's most overlooked profit drivers: crop stress.

  9. ROSS 250-Gallon Retention Mixers Designed For High-Pressure Processing 7/29/2026
  10. Micropep Advances Global Commercialization Of Peptide Biofungicide With U.S. And EU Regulatory Filings 7/28/2026

    Micropep Technologies today announced the submission of regulatory dossiers for Promisin TM in the United States and the European Union, marking another significant milestone in the commercialization of the company's lead peptide-based crop protection product.