November 2, 2026

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Bayer secures commercial license to a gene-editing technology from the University of California, Davis, and plans to develop grains that can fix nitrogen from the air (BigGo Finance)

Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K) secures Indo-US grant for AI-based soybean breeding (Kashmir Life)

October 30, 2026

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Artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape how new crops and treatments are invented - The implications go well beyond technology

Clemson University and USDA/ARS develop tools to breed disease-resistant watermelons

Government of Canada invests in innovative AI crop research to support Eastern Canadian farmers

October 29, 2026

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The future of food security begins with plant breeding

Resurrect Bio closes $10.3M round - Its FloraFold AI technology restores crop immunity with native DNA only - UK and EU precision breeding rules now classify such edits as non-GMO, clearing commercial path to market (Tech Times)

Amatera tackles plant breeding bottleneck with high-throughput cell screening platform (AgFunder News)

Dawn of a new era: seeds, genomes, AI, and the future of agriculture - A 2026 World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue side event

October 28, 2026

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Words from the British Society of Plant Breeders’s new CEO: Helen Fasham

In Europe, legislation (not the science) drives the development of gene-edited crops (European Scientist)

BASF | Nunhems expands lettuce breeding capabilities with new automated greenhouse in ’s-Gravenzande
BASF | Nunhems breidt veredelingscapaciteiten voor sla uit met nieuwe geautomatiseerde kas in ’s-Gravenzande
BASF | Nunhems erweitert Salatzüchtungskapazitäten mit neuem automatisierten Gewächshaus in ’s-Gravenzande

October 27, 2026

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From rice fields to accelerating vegetable breeding - By combining artificial intelligence, advanced genetics and computer simulations, North Carolina State University doctoral student Kashish Grover is giving plant breeders back their most precious commodity: time

Argentina - Mejoramiento genético de alfalfa: el INTA presentó innovaciones clave para sistemas productivos

Western Australia backs new project to speed up wheat and barley breeding (Global Agriculture)

From natural selection to de novo design: Generative AI ushers in "Breeding 5.0" for crops

From trials of varying plot sizes to extensive data analysis, DL Canada and Brett Young’s breeding process takes nearly a decade - How Brett Young seed goes from thousands of crosses to two seed variety releases (The Western Producer)

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences to host 11th Independent Plant Breeders Conference from November 16 to 18, 2026 (GardenCenter)

October 26, 2026

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Mapping the future of UK agricultural research - Research on improved crop varieties at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University has been highlighted in a major new report

Mapping the future of UK agricultural research

Fleuroselect’s Breeders & Distributors Conference scheduled for December 2 & 3 in Oldenburg and the Ammerland, Germany (Perishable News)

October 23, 2026

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African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) initiative launches programme to support 47 women plant breeders across Africa (KBC)

Time to tap into agriculture’s hidden genetic potential

October 22, 2026

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Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) and ICARDA Sign Regional Breeding Modernization Project (BredMod 2.0)

Canadian Wheat Research Coalition (CWRC) and Canadian Barley Research Coalition (CBRC) join forces to transform the Canadian wheat and barley breeding system

October 21, 2026

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Lidea - 20 years of continuous innovation with tropical dent genetics

October 20, 2026

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Leibniz Institute of Horticultural Sciences (IGZ) and the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) agree to closer cooperation in vegetable research

Bayer breaks ground on $50M canola innovation centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba (The Western Producer)

African indigenous crops take global stage as plant scientist Pamela Afokpe, R&D Operations Manager at East-West Seed West Africa, wins prestigious 2026 Borlaug Field Award

October 16, 2026

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Rice breeding research targets stemborer amidst El Niño