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

USA - BASF | Nunhems launches breakthrough in carrot innovation with Percyst carrots - Introducing a new era of nematode resistance coupled with market-leading qualities

International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) newsletter, December 17, 2025

University of Illinois study shows public seed banks can fast-track corn quality research

Crop research seeks higher yield numbers, new markets

Engineering the next superfood: Boyce Thompson Institute unlocks goldenberry’s large-scale farming potential
La edición genética logra plantas compactas de Physalis (Aguaymanto) aptas para la agricultura a gran escala

Bayer Crop Science Canada introduces Sivanto Energy: Enhanced flea beetle control

December 16, 2025

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Corteva, Hexagon Bio form multi-million dollar joint venture to power next-generation nature inspired solutions

DLF North America launches ‘We Love Alfalfa’ campaign

Flax’s heat intolerance targeted - University of Saskatchewan breeder hopes to improve heat tolerance to unlock crop’s yield gain (The Western Producer)

USDA/APHIS Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) reschedules its annual Stakeholder Meeting for Thursday, February 26, 2026

SynTech Research Group highlights advances in plant breeding amid new EU regulation
SynTech Research Group met en lumière les progrès réalisés en matière de sélection végétale dans le contexte de la nouvelle réglementation européenne
O Grupo de Pesquisa SynTech destaca os avanços no melhoramento de plantas em meio à nova regulamentação da UE.
El grupo de investigación SynTech destaca los avances en el fitomejoramiento en medio de la nueva normativa de la UE.

December 15, 2025

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Unlocking even more value in Canada’s canola industry - University of Saskatchewan researchers develop novel method for separating kernel from hull; advance could enable companies to make better use of all parts of canola seed (Canadian Light Source)

University of Illinois' new controlled environment research facility advances indoor farming with stakeholder input

University of Illinois' new controlled environment research facility advances indoor farming with stakeholder input

Adoption of genetically engineered corn, cotton and soybeans crops in the United States (USDA/ERS)

University of idaho hires new director of Idaho Foundation Seed Program, Parma R&E Center

USA - Deltapine Introduces Five New Varieties as the Class of '26 (Cotton Grower)

December 12, 2025

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Syngenta Canada announces leadership change

Syngenta Canada launches Storen corn herbicide

Use Stine’s XP seed treatments to prevent early injury to your crops