Sustainability News

  1. Chinese Scientists Find Structural Variation That Boosts Grain Number In Sorghum 3/12/2025

    Chinese scientists have uncovered two major genes responsible for sorghum's double-grain spikelet, which dramatically enhance grain number and crop yield.

  2. AI Meets Agriculture: Agmatix And BASF Partner To Develop Soybean Cyst Nematode Detection Tool 3/12/2025

    Agmatix, a leading provider of AI-powered agronomic solutions, today announced a strategic collaboration with BASF, one of the world’s largest chemical and agricultural solutions companies, to develop a cutting-edge digital solution for detecting – and predicting – the presence of soybean cyst nematode (SCN).

  3. GigaCrop To Advance Photosynthesis For Boosted Crop Productivity 3/11/2025

    Biotech pioneer GigaCrop today announced it raised a $4.5M pre-seed round of funding led by Playground Global. Using machine learning to improve enzymes, the company aims to boost photosynthesis, crop yields, and farmers’ profits.

  4. Ryobi Systems Begins Operation Of Agricultural Data Platform And Carbon Credit Demonstration Project In Bangladesh To Promote AWD Farming 3/10/2025

    Ryobi Systems Co., Ltd. is launching a demonstration project in the People's Republic of Bangladesh to promote the AWD (Alternate Wetting and Drying) farming method (a rice cultivation technique that conserves water through intermittent irrigation to increase yields), thereby contributing to improved agricultural productivity through efficient farming.

  5. Quercus Biosolutions Emerges From Stealth To Transform Crop Protection With AI-Designed Mini-Proteins 3/10/2025

    Quercus Biosolutions, a pioneering biotechnology company focused on tackling the most pressing challenges in crop protection, today announced its official launch from stealth mode.

  6. Ascribe Bio's Phytalix Achieves Stunning Success Against Devastating Rice Disease 3/10/2025

    We at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) celebrate the remarkable achievement highlighted in Ascribe Bio’s recent press release: the groundbreaking success of its biological crop protection product Phytalix in combating Bacterial Leaf Blight (BLB) in rice.

  7. Ohalo® Launches The Ohalo Strawberry Consortium: A Groundbreaking Collaboration With Industry Leaders To Develop More Flavorful Strawberries While Benefiting Farmers By Bringing Them To Market As True Seed 3/10/2025

    Ohalo® announced the formation of the Ohalo Strawberry Consortium, a collaboration with strawberry industry leaders that aims to revolutionize strawberry breeding, making better-tasting strawberry varieties available for the first time ever as truly uniform true seed.

  8. Verinomics Introduces Transgene-Free Gene Editing And Genomic-Driven Accelerated Breeding Platforms For Specialty Crops 3/10/2025

    Verinomics, a leader in agricultural genomics and gene editing, today unveiled two breakthrough platforms designed to accelerate specialty crop innovation: Genesis, a transgene-free gene editing platform, primarily for vegetatively propagated crops and Genova, a genomic-driven breeding acceleration platform for both seed and vegetatively propagated crops. 

  9. Climate Change Threatens Future Of Banana Industry 3/7/2025

    Climate change is rapidly reducing the ability of banana producers to supply one of our favourite fruits, according to a new study.

  10. Coalition For Specialty Crop Innovation Applauds Bipartisan House Tax Bill To Boost Innovation In U.S. Agriculture 3/7/2025

    The Coalition for Specialty Crop Innovation celebrates the bipartisan introduction of the Supporting Innovation in Agriculture Act in the U.S. House of Representatives by Ways & Means Tax Subcommittee Chairman Mike Kelly (R-PA-16) and Ranking Member Mike Thompson (D-CA-04) along with Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19), Max Miller (R-OH-07), Dwight Evans (D-PA-03), David Valadao (R-CA-22), Jahana Hayes (D-CT-05), Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24), Josh Harder (D-CA-09), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-01), Josh Riley (D-NY-19), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-01), Janelle Bynum (D-OR-05) and Andrea Salinas (D-OR-06).