Sustainability News

31. Kemin Introduces Valena™ FLOW, A Novel Plant Growth Technology Driving Gains In Yield And Crop Quality 11/10/2025

    Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer that strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day for 80 percent of the world with its products and services, now offers Valena™ FLOW, a breakthrough foliar nutrition solution designed to elevate crop performance through enhanced nutrient uptake, improved plant vigor, and measurable yield increases, for growers in the United States.

32. Collaborative Research Team To Uncover How Plants 'Remember' And Adapt To Heat Stress 11/10/2025

    A new collaborative research team of plant scientists led by Ru Zhang, PhD, associate member, Danforth Plant Science Center has been awarded new funding from the National Science Foundation to investigate how photosynthetic cells retain “heat stress memory” (HSM), a key adaptive mechanism that could help future crops withstand intense and frequent heat waves.

33. Origin Agritech Strengthens Gene Editing Platform Through Patent License Agreement With Shunfeng BioTech 11/10/2025

    Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED) (the "Company" or "Origin"), a leading Chinese agricultural technology company, today announced it has entered into a patent license agreement with Shandong Shunfeng Biotechnology Co., Ltd. ("Shunfeng BioTech") for the Cas-SF01 gene editing tool.

34. Precision Genetic Engineering Points To A Future Of Sustainable Agriculture 11/7/2025

    As Earth's climate warms and changes, sustainable agricultural practices are critical for feeding a rapidly growing population.

35. Crop Rotation: A Global Lever For Yield, Nutrition And Revenue 11/7/2025

    An international study involving INRAE and coordinated by China Agriculture University has shown that the practice of crop rotation outperforms continuous monoculture in terms of yield, nutritional quality and farm revenues.

36. CGIAR And HarvestPlus Support National Policy Change To Embed Nutrition In Every Seed 11/6/2025

    For over two decades, biofortification has helped make staple crops more nutritious for more than 350 million people.

37. New Research Advances Understanding Of Nitrogen Management In Cacao Production 11/6/2025

    Two new studies highlight how nitrogen availability and monitoring tools influence cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) growth, nutrient demand, and water use, offering important insights for sustainable cocoa production.

38. Climate Intervention Techniques Could Reduce The Nutritional Value Of Crops, New Study Finds 11/6/2025

    A new study published in the journal, Environmental Research Letters, reports that cooling the planet by injecting sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere—a proposed climate intervention technique—could reduce the nutritional value of the world’s crops.

39. Carob Leaf And Pomegranate Peel Extracts May Help Reduce The Incidence Of 'Soapy Olive' Disease 11/6/2025

    An international study reveals that natural extracts from the waste of both plants could reduce the incidence of anthracnose, a major aerial disease affecting olive trees, with this representing a significant advance in the search for sustainable control strategies that reduce the use of fungicides.

40. Two Small Changes That Could Transform Agriculture 11/5/2025

    Researchers have taken a major step toward understanding how certain plants can thrive without chemically produced nitrogen.