June 18, 2026

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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

European Union finally adopts NGT Regulation, opening a new chapter for plant breeding innovation in Europe

Poland - Cimbria helps build Estoria Oil’s next‑generation multi‑seed processing plant

U.S. Federal judge remands Monsanto class settlement case back to Missouri State Court

Biotechnologies végétales : l’Europe choisit l’innovation
Plant biotechnology: Europe chooses innovation
Pflanzenbiotechnologie: Europa setzt auf Innovation

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) crop event in Crossnacreevy, Co Down, to focus on performance of winter wheat, barley and oat varieties

Vylor, future entité issue des activités semences et génétique de Corteva, annonce deux nominations majeures (Agromatin)

France - À Cappelle-en-Pévèle, la filière semencière prépare l’agriculture de demain (La Gazette France)

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

Europees Parlement geeft groen licht voor NGT-verordening

EU-Parlament stimmt für Kompromiss zu Neuen Züchtungsmethoden

Europa desbloquea la innovación agrícola con la aprobación histórica de las nuevas técnicas genómicas

Österreich - Tullner Start-up Ensemo GmbH revolutioniert biologische Saatgut-Behandlung mit dem Projekt "SeedJection" (MeinBezierk)

KWS welcomes European Parliament’s final approval of New Genomic Techniques (NGT) Regulation
KWS begrüßt finale Zustimmung des Europäischen Parlaments zur Verordnung über Neue genomische Techniken (NGT)

KWS Saat bringt mit der Maishybridsorte „KWS Kiber“ eine neue Züchtung in den Fokus, die laut Unternehmensmeldung auf Erträge unter Trockenheit und Hitzestress ausgelegt ist (IT-Boltwise)