February 5, 2026

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Mum Knows Best – how maternal messages prime seeds for success

Method Validation – Seed Health Workshop

Publication of the GEVES Index Seminum 2026

COGEM - Advice on the import and processing of GM maize DAS1131×DP910521×DP202216×DAS-40278-9 and its subcombinations

Übergabe an die neue Präsidentin – Karin Riemer leitet jetzt das Bundessortenamt

Delegiertenversammlung swisssem 2026 - Ein Jahr mit wichtigen Meilensteinen für die Saatgutbranche
L’assemblée des délégués a eu lieu à Morat le 28 janvier 2026 - Assemblée des délégués de swisssem : une année marquée par des avancées majeures pour la filière semencière

Syngenta plans Hong Kong listing worth up to $10 billion, sources say (Reuters)

New £2.5m project aims to tackle the UK’s biggest oilseed rape disease and rebuild the crop’s future

Rijk Zwaan reflects on EU gene editing legislation (FruitNet)

February 4, 2026

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BASF vuelve a ‘conectar’ con toda la cadena del tomate de industria y el arroz en Agroexpo

Mas Seeds technical guide - Alfalfa, the agronomic essentials

Joël Arnaud élu Président de Jacquet Brossard et Vice-Président de Limagrain

IPK Gatersleven - Staffelstabübergabe in der Genbank

Hauptsaatens Braugerste Excalibur - Verarbeitungsempfehlung vom Berliner Programm

ANOVE participó en la jornada “Recursos Genéticos para la Agricultura y la Alimentación”

Türkiye develops cold-resistant crops in Erzurum research center (Hurriyet Daily News)

£3M awarded to precision breeding project to save waning UK tomato sector (Food Manufacture)

February 3, 2026

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Leadership transition at MAS Seeds, and the next phase is already underway

Sugar beet, oilseed rape, tomatoes and dandelions: four precision breeding projects win major funding to support UK agriculture

Growing together with TOP The Onion Group

New chairmanship and developments for 2026 in the CTPS Beets and Industrial Chicory Section

The CTPS Sunflower and Soybean Section reviews the first year of implementation of the new soybean registration rules

CTPS Vegetable Section: 151 new varieties approved and projections for 2026

GEVES maintains and evolves its COFRAC accreditation

INOV, Instance Nationale des Obtentions Végétales, announces the publication of its new fee schedule

GEVES alongside the CPVO at the IPM trade fair: for the protection of ornamental varieties through PVR

Lidea Körnermais

Il Presidente del CREA Andrea Rocchi a Fieragricola 2026: confronto su innovazione e futuro dell’agricoltura italiana

Cope Seeds' Merlin spring oats hat-trick at YEN Awards

Could fewer inputs mean better oat quality for some varieties? UK trials reveal spring oats grown with fewer inputs produce higher-quality grain