Current Headlines

  1. Breeding Durum Wheat – Together With Farmers 5/3/2026

    ICARDA and the Crop Trust are involving Moroccan farmers in developing and selecting climate-resilient durum wheat varieties derived from crop wild relatives to improve adoption, resilience, and food security.

  2. Can Crops Grow With Less Fertilizer Without Losing Yield? ICRISAT's Trailblazing Research Says, 'Yes' 5/1/2026

    The ICRISAT-led study on Sorghum provides new genetic insights into how crops can maintain productivity with significantly lower nitrogen inputs, offering a transformative solution to one of global agriculture’s most pressing challenges: sustaining high food production while reducing the environmental and financial costs of synthetic fertilizers.

  3. Rockwell Automation Partnering With Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin And Fork Farms To Create Clock Tower Farms 5/1/2026

    Rockwell Automation, Inc., the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, today announced the creation of Clock Tower Farms with Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, the largest hunger relief organization in Wisconsin.

  4. Compact & Powerful Double Planetary Mixer For Lab And Pilot-Scaling 4/30/2026

    ROSS has delivered an ergonomic and powerful Double Planetary Mixer Model DPM-10 engineered for high-viscosity and specialty material processing in laboratory and pilot-scale operations.

  5. AI-Powered Forecasts Sharpen Early Warning For Destructive Crop Pest 4/30/2026

    What if farmers could see a pest outbreak coming before the insect ever had a chance to damage their crop?

  6. New Research Challenges Conventional Methods For Increasing Cuticle Deposition In Cherries & Apples 4/30/2026

    New research published in HortScience provides significant insights into the limitations of current strategies used to manage fruit cracking and improve fruit quality through cuticle modification.

  7. IFAD Partners With The World Bank To Accelerate Agricultural Transformation In Guinea Through Agriconnect 4/30/2026

    At the launch of the AgriConnect Guinea Pact today, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) expressed its commitment to collaborate with the Government of Guinea, the World Bank Group, and other partners to support this effort, bringing its experience in investing in small-scale producers and building resilient, market-oriented food systems.

  8. Replacing Nitrogen With Organic Fertiliser Found To Improve Soil And Crops 4/30/2026

    A new collaborative study from The University of Western Australia has found that partially replacing synthetic nitrogen fertiliser with low amounts of organic components can improve soil quality, crop productivity and nitrogen uptake.

  9. For Crop Breeders, Growth Curves Built On Drone Data Reveal Timing And Duration Of Genetic Effects 4/30/2026

    Though it’s largely a hereditary trait, siblings often grow to be different heights. But even if they end up topping out at the same stature, they may take different paths to get there.

  10. METTLER TOLEDO Strengthens Its Portfolio In The Americas And Europe With Eagle 4/29/2026