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  1. CIMMYT And APSA Forge New Opportunities For Advanced Innovations In Maize For The Asian Region 9/17/2026

    CIMMYT and the Asia Pacific Seed Association (APSA) convened a high-level meeting in Hyderabad on 21 August 2026 to explore opportunities for closer collaboration between international agricultural research and the Asian seed industry, and to bring together perspectives from across regions and sectors.

  2. Breeding For Better Rotations Opens A New Frontier In Farming Systems 9/17/2026

    Breeding crops for farming systems rather than yield alone could exploit untapped genetic potential and help farmers cut fertiliser bills.

  3. METTLER TOLEDO Introduces M50 R-Series AdvancedLine Metal Detectors 9/15/2026
  4. Vylor Confirms Breakthrough Wheat Technology Will Launch In 2027 9/15/2026

    Ahead of its planned separation on October 1, 2026, Corteva, Inc. (NYSE: CTVA) today confirmed progress of the hybrid wheat technology platform of Vylor, its advanced seed and genetics spin-off, with the announcement of Xpedite™, the system used to create its proprietary hybrid wheat, which will launch in late 2027.

  5. New Study Reveals Genetic Secrets To Grow Food Crops On Salty Land 9/14/2026

    A University of Newcastle-led global study has produced the most complete genetic picture yet of a salt-loving plant with the potential to help grow food in some of the world's harshest environments.

  6. New Caloris Engineering White Paper Available 9/11/2026

    Caloris Engineering has a new white paper available, “MVR Evaporators – Increasing Efficiency and Capacity by Reducing Losses and Maximizing Turbofan Performance.” The white paper uses a recent example involving an evaporator at a large-scale dairy producer.

  7. Toward Future-Ready Food Packaging Where Materials Meet AI 9/11/2026

    Packaging already tells us where food comes from, when it was made, what’s in it, and how many calories it contains. But researchers see a future where packaging can “see,” in real time, what’s happening inside and translate that into information that producers and consumers can act on.

  8. New Cropping Systems Researcher Brings High Tech To Management Decisions 9/11/2026

    Ravinder Singh, Ph.D., started on July 1 as a Texas A&M AgriLife Research intelligent cropping systems scientist at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Vernon and an assistant professor in the Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences.

  9. Google & Mitti Labs Partner To Eliminate Methane And Scale Climate-Smart Ag Practices Across India's Rice Fields 9/10/2026

    Deep-tech company Mitti Labs today announced a major five-year carbon credit agreement with Google to scale climate-smart agriculture across 100,000 hectares of smallholder rice farms in India.

  10. PepsiCo Brings Together Farmers And Agriculture Experts From More Than 35 Countries To Strengthen Potato Farming 9/10/2026

    More than 140 growers, suppliers, agronomists and agriculture experts from more than 35 countries gathered in Hannover, Germany this week as PepsiCo hosted its 2026 Global Agro University.