January 9, 2026

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A new spring wheat germplasm promises to reduce economic losses caused by fusarium - Researchers at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are helping American wheat farmers fight a devastating crop disease

USDA/APHIS' annual Stakeholder Meeting to take place on Thursday, February 26, 2026

Consultation: Canadian Food Inspection Agency - CFIA’s modernization of the Seeds Regulations (Part II: Seed Potatoes)
Consultation : Modernisation du Règlement sur les semences (Partie II : Pommes de terre de semence)

Danforth Center pioneers crops that show how they’re doing—by turning purple

January 8, 2026

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USDA/NIFA invests $3.8M in foundational knowledge of plant products

AI meets plant breeding: Heritable Agriculture and KWS target feed trait breakthroughs (AgTechNavigator)

Key corn farming takeaways from 2025 - LG Seeds agronomist calls consistent performance and fungicide essential for 2026

Your Dianthus ‘Grow-To’ Guide is here! 2027 Dianthus Brochure now available from Selecta One North America

January 7, 2026

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Corteva and bp launch biofuel feedstock joint venture Etlas

Wyffels Hybrids celebrates 80 years of farmer-focused innovation and growth

Researchers develop new tools to turn grain crops into biosensors - Plant-based detection systems could be used to monitor chemical exposure in agricultural settings

January 6, 2026

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A new phone app that detects bee diseases

Seed companies can now purchase PowerPollen pollination technology integrated on Oxbo power units through exclusive partnership

January 5, 2026

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Verdant Partners expands core team and coverage

How revival of public plant breeding benefits veggie growers (Growing Produce)

Bayer focused on designing — not just breeding — the next big hybrid in canola (Real Agriculture)

Quiet gains in genetics and agronomy set hemp’s next growth cycle in motion (Hemp Today)

Terra Nova Nurseries' breeding program demonstrates proven performance across two national trial programs (Perishable News)

Purdue University and Beck’s are reimagining the future of farming - Advanced agricultural research and a pipeline of highly skilled workforce talent drive innovative partnership

IBEB-US agrees to limit Bremia lactucae resistance claims to only races Bl: 7-10US for the United States lettuce seed market

December 22, 2025

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Lifeasible introduces an enhanced space-based crop breeding service to drive agricultural innovation (Pharmiweb)

Rob-See-Co announces leadership transitions - General Manager Dr. Calvin Treat to retire

December 19, 2025

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Syngenta's Sunfinity Yellow-Red Bicolor wins the National Garden Bureau's 2026 Green Thumb Award

USA - BASF Real Results Yield Challenge delivers high yields and big wins for farmers nationwide

Choosing a sorghum hybrid for 2026 (High Plains Journal)

Stine to offer Syngenta’s Victrato soybean seed treatment in 2026

December 18, 2025

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Scientists build 'speed scanner' to test thousands of plant gene switches at once - In combination with AI models, the new tool promises to vastly accelerate plant engineering

Electric current stymies tall fescue seedheads

Maizex 2026 Seed Guides

December 17, 2025

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Canada - Biotechnology and other new production technologies, annual report