June 22, 2026

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France - La production de semences, une voie de diversification concrète pour les agriculteurs de Centre-Val de Loire

France - La filière semences met en avant le progrès génétique des blés (Agro Distribution)

Comment le producteur de semences, Florimond Desprez, fait face aux nouveaux enjeux climatiques (La Voix du Nord)

Lemken's new Saphir XMR mechanical seed drill sets new standards
Neue mechanische Drillmaschine Saphir XMR setzt Akzente
Le nouveau semoir mécanique Saphir XMR établit de nouvelles normes

Grandvilliers, France : Linéa Semences développe le lin de demain (La Gazette France)

«La difficulté est de trouver le bon paramétrage» : cette start-up veut décontaminer les semences sans produits chimiques ni eau (L'usine nouvelle)

June 19, 2026

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Österreich - Züchtung für Backwaren: verlässliche Körner, innovative Kerne

Österreich - Soja Zweitfruchtanbau

Outgoing CEO Professor Mario Caccamo looks back on his time with Niab

A look back at Ernst Benary's Flower Trials showcase in Rijsenhout and what comes next for the upcoming season

Start-up Seedalive bietet einen super schnellen Keimfähigkeitstest, der mit Künstlicher Intelligenz arbeitet (Agrar heute)

June 18, 2026

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United Kingdom - Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette,  Special edition June 2026

La nuova frontiera dello zucchino per il Nord Italia, tra resilienza e alta produttività: Syngenta presenta Zantes

Getreidefonds Z-Saatgut e. V. (GFZS) verleiht den Saatgutinnovationspreis 2026 – seedalive GmbH holt den Gesamtsieg

Rijk Zwaan opens breeding station in Brazil

Vilmorin & Cie announces the signing of a new RCF of up to €450 million
Limagrain, via sa filiale Vilmorin & Cie, annonce la signature d’un nouveau RCF pouvant atteindre 450 millions d’euros

Cereal walk will showcase cutting-edge barley research from The James Hutton Institute

Euroseeds welcomes political agreement on the new EU seed law

Computomix podcast S7E10: Deep learning for genomic prediction in plant breeding

British Society of Plant Breeders celebrates 60 years of representing plant breeding in the UK

BASF fungicide innovation Adapzo Active receives new mode of action classification

Tecniche di Evoluzione Assistita (TEA), Assosementi - Il via libera del Parlamento europeo è una pietra miliare per l’innovazione agricola

United KIngdom - How to use oilseed rape sowing dates to reduce cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) risks 

United Kingdom - Novel and Underutilised Crop Network (NUCNet) to help future-proof UK food systems

European Union - Commission welcomes final agreement on rules for plants obtained by new genomic techniques in plants

European Union - New genomic techniques for plants to boost innovation in sustainable agriculture

June 17, 2026

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Italia - Le soluzioni per la specie carota di Vilmorin Mikddo

The Seed Vault opened for its 70th seed deposit – more than 1.4 million seed samples are now safely stored in Svalbard

Svalbard Global Seed Vault crosses major milestone – 1.4 million seed samples secured

Coalition of 30 agri-food organisations welcomes adoption of EU NGT Regulation
30 organizaciones del sector agroalimentario europeo celebran la adopción del Reglamento NGTs