Current Headlines

  1. Niab To Lead International Drive To Accelerate Wheat Improvement 10/5/2026

    Promising advances in wheat research could reach commercial plant breeders – and ultimately onto farm - faster through a new international programme led by the UK crop science organisation Niab.

  2. Equipping Today's Breeders To Lead Tomorrow's Crop Research And Development 10/5/2026

    This hypothetical question, posed at the Training Workshop on AI-driven Crop Breeding and Data Management organized by CIMMYT-BISA in Hyderabad, gave 33 wheat and maize breeders from the National Agricultural Research System in India, including ICAR institutions and State Agricultural Universities, besides CIMMYT and BISA, reason to pause and reflect.

  3. Precision Agriculture Sensors Help Farmers Detect Drought, Disease And Crop Stress Early 10/2/2026

    Farmers spend a lot of time keeping a careful eye on their crops, but what you see is not always what you get, as crops can quietly begin responding to drought, disease and insect pressure long before signs of stress are visible.

  4. OSU Dry Farming Research Tests Crops And Strategies For A Drier Future 10/2/2026

    Tubs of red, orange and yellow tomatoes lined the edge of a research plot as dozens of visitors gathered around them at Oregon State University’s Vegetable Research Farm, evidence of what the plants had produced without irrigation during the growing season.

  5. ROSS 600-Gallon ASME Pressure Vessel For High-Pressure Processing 10/1/2026

    ROSS’s Tank and Fabrication Division is a full service manufacturer of custom pressure vessels, storage tanks and reactors for virtually any application. One example is the pictured pressure vessel with a 600-gallon full holding capacity and rated for 300 psi at 200 F.

  6. IRRI And BASF Expand Research Into Soil Carbon To Advance Low-Emission Rice 10/1/2026

    The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and BASF have officially launched the second phase of the OPTIMA (Optimizing Management for Reduction of GHG in Rice) project, taking forward its research on low-emission innovations and technologies to examine their effects on soil carbon and soil health and strengthen the long-term climate resilience of rice production.

  7. ADAMA Launches Botanical Fungicide Actavan® In Australia And New Zealand 10/1/2026

    ADAMA Ltd. (SZSE: 000553), a leading global crop protection company, announced the launch of Actavan® in Australia and New Zealand, a plant-based fungicide for grapes. By activating the plant's natural defense mechanisms, it helps growers protect crops against Botrytis.

  8. METTLER TOLEDO Expands Foreign Material Re-Inspection Services With New Dallas Facility 9/30/2026

    METTLER TOLEDO announced today that its new X-ray Reclaim Foreign Material Re-inspection Services facility in Dallas, Texas, is scheduled to open on October 5, 2026.

  9. CIMMYT Expands Svalbard Backup Of Seeds Vital To Global Food Security 9/30/2026

    Part of the genetic diversity of maize and wheat conserved by CIMMYT in Mexico begins its journey to the Arctic today. The new shipment to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway expands the safety backup of collections that encompass diversity developed over generations and may contain traits useful for responding to diseases, drought, heat and other pressures on food production.

  10. First PH Agricultural Genomics Center Launched At UPLB To Strengthen PH Crop Improvement 9/30/2026

    UPLB launched the country’s first dedicated agricultural genomics facility on September 21, 2026, laying the foundation for stronger collaborative research on Philippine agricultural genomes.