January 26, 2026

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Rooted in resilience: China's seed push plants agricultural 'chips', grows self-reliance (South China Morning Post)

January 23, 2026

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RiceTec’s Ajai Rana featured in Agriculture Today: driving innovation in Indian rice farming

A simple shift in pigeonpea planting could boost yield by 20 percent - Transplanting Pigeonpea could significantly boost farmer incomes and climate resilience across India’s rainfed regions

CIMMYT and Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS) strengthen collaboration through visit at CIMMYT Kenya

China emerging as key hub for agricultural innovation, says Syngenta CEO (People's Daily)

January 22, 2026

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When seeds become prior art: A case summary on Nuseed Pty Ltd and Norddeutsche Pflanzenzucht Hans-Georg Lembke KG v Limagrain Europe [2025] APO 25 (MBIP)

CSIRO science reveals new insights into devastating crop disease - New research unlocks the genetic code of crop-damaging fungus, paving the way for better disease control

January 21, 2026

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Sakata’s Zinnia “Profusion Double White Improved” wins two awards

Uzbekistan contributes to the global seed vault

Good seeds alone are never enough: Passing knowledge into the hands of Thai farmers

Australia - Herbicide-tolerant lentils: Registration and impacts

January 20, 2026

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ICRISAT and partners announce release of the world’s first three-way pearli millet

Strengthening India’s seed sovereignty: Key amendments suggested for the Draft Seeds Bill 2025 (Rural Voice)

When seeds become prior art: A case summary on Nuseed Pty Ltd and Norddeutsche Pflanzenzucht Hans-Georg Lembke KG v Limagrain Europe [2025] APO 25 (Lexology)

January 19, 2026

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East-West Seed appoints Jason Bull as Chief Innovation Officer

Announcement of strategic collaboration SUET & Rhino – Growing the future of seed technology

India - Speed breeding of mustard being undertaken to develop new varieties (ETV Bharat)

January 16, 2026

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Australian OGTR - Consultation on the proposed amendments to the Gene Technology Regulations 2001

Australia - A national effort on Karnal bunt preparedness

GDM projects strong growth in the Chinese soybean seed market

January 15, 2026

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More than 4,000 rice samples from the Philippines have been stored in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway

Shifting from tradition: a Burmese farmer’s strategy for better tomato yields

AI cracks the code for faster, better crops - Hainan's Fan project boosts food security, helps meet national goals (China Daily)

Record demand sees 2026 Australian Future Cotton Leaders Program (AFCLP) expand to its largest cohort yet

Dive deeper into Australian cotton with new CRDC Cotton Course

Australian OGTR - Notification of decision on application DIR 218 – Commercial release of tomato genetically modified for purple fruit colour from All Aussie Avocados Pty Ltd (trading as All Aussie Farmers)

January 14, 2026

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Breeding climate-resilient wheat for Nepalese agricultural system under diverse abiotic stresses using an integrated AMMI, GGE and stress tolerance indices (Nature)

China's Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) introduces the country's first open-source, vertical large language model (LLM) dedicated to the general agricultural sector (Xinhua)

January 13, 2026

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BASF Agricultural Solutions to acquire biological insect control group AgBiTech

January 12, 2026

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Finding the ‘Goldilocks’ zone of chickpea nodulation