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  1. METTLER TOLEDO Introduces LightningBuild Program For Four-Week Delivery 8/13/2026

    METTLER TOLEDO Product Inspection Group introduces its LightningBuild program, which delivers select product inspection systems from purchase order to the customer’s dock within four weeks. The program is launching with the X12 LightningBuild x-ray inspection system and the C31 LightningBuild checkweigher, both on exhibit for the first time at Pack Expo in booth 2122. Available at no additional charge, LightningBuild is designed for food and pharmaceutical manufacturers that need to start, expand or adapt operations quickly.

  2. Orbia Netafim Launches GrowSphere™ FLEX To Scale Digital Farming For Smallholders And Mid-Sized Farmers 8/13/2026

    Orbia Advance Corporation S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: ORBIA*) Precision Agriculture business, Netafim, today announced the launch of GrowSphere™ FLEX, a smart irrigation and fertigation controller developed to bring professional digital farming capabilities to smallholders and mid-sized farmers.

  3. Sweet Potato Field Day Showcases Farmer-MSU Researcher Alliance 8/13/2026

    Mississippi’s leading sweet potato producers and the state’s leading sweet potato researchers celebrated the official state vegetable Thursday [Aug. 13] with Mississippi State University’s annual Sweet Potato Field Day.

  4. Researchers Demonstrate The Potential Of Pangenome-Guided Breeding For Higher Yields And Adaptability 8/12/2026

    Scientists from the Centre for Crop and Food Innovation have participated in a landmark proof-of-concept research project showing how pangenome-guided breeding strategies can reunite two traits that are usually trade-offs - stress tolerance and yield.

  5. NDAWN Data Helping Develop Tools For Crop Disease Management 8/11/2026

    The North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network – known as NDAWN – isn’t just measuring precipitation amounts and temperatures across the state. It’s also playing a role in developing tools for crop disease management.

  6. GoodLeaf Farms Becomes First Vertical Farming Operator In North America To Achieve Profitability Across All Farming Operations 8/11/2026

    GoodLeaf Farms, Canada’s largest and only national vertical farming operator, today announced that all three of its farming facilities in Quebec, Ontario and Alberta have achieved profitability for the first time, marking a significant milestone for both the company and Canada's controlled environment agriculture (CEA) sector.

  7. DNA Harvest Partners And ToolGen Announce Strategic Partnership To Accelerate AI-Guided Predictive Breeding For Gene-Edited Crops 8/11/2026

    DNA Harvest Partners Pte. Ltd. (DNAHP), one of the world's most advanced AI-guided predictive breeding companies, and ToolGen, a global leader in CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology, today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of superior rapeseed (Brassica napus) varieties through the integration of artificial intelligence-driven predictive breeding with cutting-edge genome editing.

  8. U Of I, USDA Collaborate On Crop Nitrogen Calculator, New Barley Nitrogen Guidelines 8/10/2026

    University of Idaho and U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers have developed a free online calculator to help Idaho barley and sugar beet growers determine how much nitrogen fertilizer to apply for the greatest profit.

  9. University Developing Drought-Resilient Crops To Meet Climate Change Challenges 8/7/2026

    Work is underway at Harper Adams University to develop crops which can withstand the stress of droughts of the kind currently afflicting the UK - in a bid to boost food security.

  10. FAO Seeks Time-Sensitive Support To Protect Afghanistan's 2027 Wheat Harvest Ahead Of Critical Planting Window 8/6/2026

    Rising fertilizer prices are threatening Afghanistan's 2027 wheat harvest just as farmers prepare for what could be one of the country's most promising wheat-growing seasons in years.