March 13, 2026

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Australia - Classification: Malting barley evaluation update

Egypt - Grain and feed, annual report

Alan Gaul, assistant scientist and seed conditioning specialist at the Iowa State University Seed Science Center, honored with CALS Staff Service and Dedication Award

Genética aplicada al campo, la propuesta del INTA en Expoagro

Embrapa avança no melhoramento de pimentas com materiais para indústria e ornamentação

Argentina actualiza su normativa para organismos transgénicos de uso agropecuario (Chile Bio)

Argentina - Nueva regulación para OGM: el Gobierno actualizó el sistema de aprobación de biotecnología (Revista Chacra)

USA - All States Noxious-weed Seed List February 2026 update

Colombia - Ibagué será sede de la XXVI Reunión Latinoamericana del Maíz y del IX Congreso Nacional de Semillas

No dia 11 de março, foi realizado um treinamento virtual entre a Abrasem e o Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária (Mapa), com o objetivo de harmonizar os procedimentos relacionados à solicitação de registros de cultivares e às solicitações de alterações diversas no sistema

March 12, 2026

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KOMO Biosciences grants research evaluation license to Syngenta to explore precision genome modification in maize

Tropic Biosciences raises $105 million Series C to scale commercial rollout of gene-edited tropical crops

From Inner Mongolian fields to wild sunflowers to the Crop Trust

Semillas LG - Catálogo de semillas de girasol para Castilla‑La Mancha y Extremadura: variedades para asegurar tu cosecha

Semences et plants : une filière d’excellence française, maillon essentiel de la souveraineté alimentaire

Digital agriculture in focus: KWS deepens the integration of Agvolution’s agmeo AI for myKWS
Digitale Landwirtschaft im Fokus: KWS vertieft die Integration von Agvolution’s agmeo AI platform in myKWS

Salad packs a healthy punch to meet a growing Vitamin B12 need

University of Missouri researchers uncover how plants regulate root growth - A key protein in plants controls their root length and can be modified, paving the way for longer roots, more drought-resistant crops

Svalbard Global Seed Vault has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize - FAO and partners cited for enabling global cooperation to safeguard crop diversity

Driven by vision: Shambavi Agri Seeds collaborates with Cimbria to establish its own seed processing line

France - Conduite du lin fibre et du chanvre textile : téléchargez la synthèse des essais ARVALIS 2025 pour réussir la campagne 2026

University of the Punjab signs an agreement with Pesticon Seeds for the commercialisation of hybrid rice seed developed in collaboration with Wuhan University, China (Dawn)

Startup Crop Diagnostix unveils RNA-based technology to detect crop stress weeks before visible damage (AgroEmpresario)

Australia - Multi Environment Trial  (MET) analysis: why growers can trust NVT results

Canada’s cereal breeding system is failing. Who fills the gap? (Manitoba Co-operator)

Horticoop investeert in 25:2, specialist in AI-gedreven plantenveredeling
Horticoop invests in 25:2, a specialist in AI-driven plant breeding

A sorghum pangenome reference improves global crop trait discovery (Nature)

How plant trials drive future breeding efforts at Syngenta Flowers (Greenhouse Growers)

Canada - Farmers must take ownership of crop breeding (The Western Producer)

Vietnam - Production de semences pour soutenir la restructuration du secteur agricole (Vietnam.vn)