July 17, 2026

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France - Semences potagères : immersion au cœur d'une filière d'excellence

Naktuinbouw offers new PCR tests for Crassulaceae viruses and necroviruses in ornamental crops
Nieuwe PCR-toetsen voor Crassulaceae-virussen en necrovirussen in siergewassen

KeyGene evaluates Roche Axelios 1 platform - Accurate, fast and ultra-high-throughput sequencing for genomes and single-nucleus transcriptomics

Grown locally, ready for the global pumpkin market: Enza Zaden's varieties

Bejo Open Days for growers and chain partners, 22 - 25 September 2026

ARVALIS - Variétés de blé dur : les premiers résultats 2026

Plant gene-editing regulation roundup (July 2026) (Morrison Foerster)

France - La filière semences et plants, que produira-t-on demain dans le Grand Est ? (La Région Grand Est)

Syngenta's $5 billion HK IPO pushed back amid agriculture sector uncertainty, Bloomberg News reports (Reuters)

German-Ethiopian Institutional Partnership strengthens capacity in modern plant breeding
Deutsch-äthiopische Verwaltungspartnerschaft stärkt Fachkompetenz in der Pflanzenzüchtung

July 16, 2026

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United Kingdom - Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette,  Special edition July 2026

How vegetable seeds reach farmers in Ghana, and why many still plant their own

Marisara, een IR ToBRFV-resistente trostomaat, teeltadvies voor een sterke middelgrote tros

6 things growers should know about the Dümmen Orange/Syngenta Flowers joint venture (Greenhouse Grower)

Azerbaijan, Türkiye sign protocol on cooperation in seed sector (Report.az)

Россельхознадзор запрещает ввоз семян томата французского экспортера
Russia - Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Rosselkhoznadzor) will ban the import of French tomato seeds from July 17

A great milestone for Axia: the symbolic start of construction for our new Axia Experience Center

Syngenta sues BASF for infringing US herbicide patent (Reuters)

July 15, 2026

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New project to strengthen DNA tools for detecting plant pests and diseases

Euroseeds joins broad agri-food coalition calling for agriculture to remain at the heart of the European Competitiveness Fund

Investing in future solutions for yellow rust - Elsoms supports innovative research to tackle yellow rust 

Darefort (DRTX0318) : un nouveau porte-greffe à la gamme De Ruiter

Cimbria helps deliver Europe’s first-ever dedicated Brachypodium cover crop processing plant for Agrosemillas

Bundessortenamt - Blatt für Sortenwesen Juli 2026

ANOVE a través de Euroseeds impulsa el diálogo con EFSA

Incotec completes Tianjin facility upgrade to support growing demand in China and Asia-Pacific

Belgique - La redevance pour l'utilisation des semences de ferme augmente de 1,24% (Le Sillon Belge)

Bayer signs licensing agreement with RAGT and begins broad hybrid wheat commercialization by early 2030s
Bayer signe un accord de licence avec RAGT et lance la commercialisation de blé hybride à grande échelle d'ici le début des années 2030

The RAGT-Bayer partnership supporting the hybrid wheat project is taking the next step forward
Le partenariat entre RAGT et Bayer sur le blé hybride franchit une nouvelle étape

Trigo mejorado con edición genética podría hacer más seguro uno de los alimentos más consumidos del mundo