Sustainability News

  1. Newly Discovered Corn Trait May Help Improve Crop Drought Tolerance 6/25/2026

    Some corn plants are genetically predisposed to develop longer, less constricted water-conducting tissues and deeper roots, which helps them deal with drought.

  2. Ethiopia-UQ Partnership Strengthens Future Crop Breeding 6/25/2026

    Ethiopia’s capacity to improve crop varieties for farmers has been boosted by a 5-year breeding modernisation partnership with The University of Queensland.

  3. Chonnam National University Identifies Dual-Function Rice Gene That Boosts Drought Tolerance And Grain Yield 6/25/2026

    As climate change intensifies droughts and other environmental stresses, maintaining crop productivity has become a major challenge for global agriculture.

  4. Revolutionizing Canada's Food And Fermentation Sectors With New AI Technology 6/24/2026

    Canada’s ability to create more value from its agricultural resources is taking a significant step forward. Today, Protein Industries Canada announced a new project with Crush Dynamics and Atomic47 Labs to develop a revolutionary AI-enabled fermentation platform that uses existing industrial sensors and advanced machine learning to continuously infer fermentation conditions, food safety indicators, energy performance and process health in real time.

  5. ADAMA Announces Launch Of Novali™, A High-Load Liquid Pyroxasulfone Herbicide For Row Crops 6/24/2026

    ADAMA Ltd. (SZSE 000553), a leading global crop protection company, today announced the launch of Novali™, a unique high-load liquid Pyroxasulfone herbicide designed to provide row crop growers, including soybeans and corn producers, with a highly efficient and flexible solution for residual weed control.

  6. KIND Snacks Announces Major Milestone, Achieving Regenerative Agriculture Sourcing For Half Of Its Almond Supply Chain 6/24/2026

    In 2023, KIND took a significant step toward future proofing its hero ingredient, almonds, by launching the KIND Almond Acres Initiative, a three-year regenerative agriculture pilot in partnership with ofi, a global leader in food and beverage ingredients and solutions.

  7. Precious Drops: SMART SPRAYS Lifeline For Crop Farmers Facing Declining Rainfall 6/24/2026

    A spray made from a biodegradable polymer capable of capturing and redirecting water to crop seeds could be the key to drought-proofing Western Australian farms.

  8. New Paths For Developing Drought-Resistant Crops 6/23/2026

    Researchers are discovering how plants form their stomata – and are thereby able to save water. This insight could open up new paths for more drought-resistant plants.

  9. WUR Leads European Project For AI That Better Understands Agricultural Systems 6/22/2026

    AI can help farmers, growers, and researchers make better decisions. However, the potential of AI in agriculture is still only being utilized to a limited extent.

  10. New Crop Network To Help Future-Proof UK Food Systems 6/22/2026

    The James Hutton Institute, Scotland’s pre-eminent interdisciplinary scientific research institute for the sustainable management of land, crop and nature resources, is playing a central role in a new UK-wide research and innovation network.