Current Headlines

  1. Kazakhstan And FAO Strengthen Agriculture And Climate Resilience Through New Projects 7/27/2026

    Kazakhstan and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched three new projects under the FAO–Kazakhstan Partnership Programme.

  2. UTEP Researcher Helps Develop Low-Cost Spray To Grow Tomatoes In Salty Soils 7/27/2026

    A simple, low-dose leaf spray could give farmers a practical new tool to keep growing tomatoes on land that salt has rendered increasingly unproductive, according to a study led by a researcher at The University of Texas at El Paso.

  3. Clemson Scientists Launch International Food Security Partnership During Visit To Nigeria 7/27/2026

    Clemson University scientists are partnering with Nigerian scientists to develop affordable technologies that could help growers combat devastating crop diseases, improve food security and strengthen agricultural production in the U.S. and Africa.

  4. International Delegates Explore High-Quality, Low-Emission Rice Production And Circular Economy Models In Can Tho, Viet Nam 7/24/2026

    As nations across Asia and the Pacific race to align food security with global climate commitments, Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta is emerging as a critical proving ground for scalable, low-emission agriculture.

  5. New Method Boosts Crop Yield And Drought Resistance Using Plants' Own Genes 7/24/2026

    The way to make a plant grow more may be to take something away.

  6. Lincoln Researchers Find Way To Prepare Soils For The Impacts Of Climate Change 7/23/2026

    Scientists at the University of Lincoln have discovered a promising new way to help protect crops from one of climate change’s growing threats to global food production – increasing soil salinity.

  7. Hidden Genetic Switch Could Unlock Stronger Disease Resistance In Crops 7/23/2026

    Researchers reveal how plants safely activate powerful immune defences, opening new routes for crop protection and sustainable food innovation.

  8. LSU Research Bites: Smarter Hydroponic, Soil-Free Farm Methods Reduce Crop Contamination Risk 7/23/2026

    Hydroponics is a method for growing food in a water-based solution rich in nutrients, rather than using soil.

  9. Study Shows Early Planting Boosted Soybean Yields With Residual Herbicides 7/23/2026

    Recently published research in the journal Weed Technology shows that early planted soybean fields nearly always resulted in higher yields than mid- to late-planted fields, and that any soybean stand reductions from using soil residual herbicide programs did not contribute to yield loss compared to herbicide programs without them.

  10. USask Crop Development Centre Announces New Lentil And Faba Bean Breeding Agreements 7/22/2026

    The Crop Development Centre (CDC) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG) have established a new collaboration to advance lentil and faba bean breeding in Saskatchewan.