CURRENT HEADLINES

• 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.

• 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.

• New Fluorescence Based Method For Identifying Gene Editing Targets

  6/22/2026

  Gene editing of plant DNA has the potential to produce crops with increased performance and resilience, but it can take a long time to achieve these gains.

• New Research Advances Amaranth As A Nutritious And High-Performing Leafy Green Crop

  6/19/2026

  Two complementary studies from Rutgers University are advancing the potential of amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) as a valuable leafy green by combining detailed morphological characterization with evaluations of horticultural performance and nutritional quality.

• AGMRI AI Agent Now In Use For Field-Level Agronomic Decisions

  6/18/2026

  Intelinair has launched the AGMRI AI Agent, an AI capability inside the AGMRI platform that lets agronomic advisors and growers ask questions and receive field-level answers in seconds.

• Flagship Pioneering Announces Formation Of Terion, A Company Delivering The Digital Infrastructure To Power Modern Agriculture

  6/18/2026

  Flagship Pioneering, a scientific innovation engine for transformative platforms and products, today announced the formation of Terion™, a new agricultural technology company created through the combination of CIBO Technologies and Indigo Ag's Source business.

• Researchers Uncover 'Intelligent Molecular Module' For Rice Chilling Recovery And Nitrogen Use Efficiency

  6/18/2026

  Global climate change has increased the frequency of regional cold spells, causing substantial yield losses and even crop failure. Meanwhile, excessive nitrogen fertilizer use in agriculture has increased non-point-source pollution.

• The European Parliament Approves The New Legislation On New Genomic Techniques (NGTs): A Historic Step For Agriculture

  6/18/2026

  Until now, in the European Union, plants obtained through NGTs were subject to the same rules as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), which have been in place for more than two decades.

• CGIAR Partners With OPEC Fund To Strengthen Food Security And Climate Adaptation

  6/18/2026

  CGIAR has signed a cooperation agreement with the OPEC Fund for International Development to support a new Food Security and Climate Adaptation Facility, which will help vulnerable countries build climate-resilient food systems.

• Plants Reveal Hidden Strategy For Hotter, Drier Climates

  6/17/2026

  Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have uncovered a mechanism that helps plants continue photosynthesising under extreme heat and dry air conditions – a finding that could improve how scientists predict the impacts of climate change on crops and ecosystems.