March 18, 2026

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World first hybrid grass breakthrough could open new doors for future pastures (Scoop)

March 17, 2026

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Bangladesh advances climate-smart rice systems to address growing production risks

Pakistan - Government plans use of AI to develop improved crop varieties (APP)

Pakistan’s industrial tomato sector (Tomato News)

Hyperseeds: Embracing AI to find solutions for New Zealand's seed industry

Australia - Top tips for effective canola establishment

March 16, 2026

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India - Banaras Hindu University (BHU) licenses new high-yield rice variety MMSD-1 to boost agricultural production (The New Indian Express)

Biofortified wheat tackling nutritional deficiencies, improving livelihoods in Pakistan, experts say (The News)

March 13, 2026

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Western Australia - The Western Crop Genetics Alliance is celebrating its tenth anniversary, with the Cook Government committing more than $3 million for another decade of collaboration with Murdoch University to continue driving new frontiers in genetics research

Australia - Classification: Malting barley evaluation update

March 12, 2026

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From Inner Mongolian fields to wild sunflowers to the Crop Trust

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

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)

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

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

March 11, 2026

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Australia - Resilient pigeon peas show promise in the north

March 10, 2026

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Outsmarting bacterial wilt in Africa: Tomato and pepper breeders declare war on persistent pathogen

Genomics study finds early maturing traits in PH heirloom rice

ICRISAT, University of Queensland partner to accelerate climate-resilient crop breeding for dryland farmers (Telangana Today)

Global hotspots of plant bacterial pathogens revealed

New rust strain adds to Tasmania’s cropping complexities

March 9, 2026

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Encourager la diversité et l’inclusion : Vilmorin-Mikado récompensée en France et au Japon

India - ICAR Nagaland Centre conducts training on sunflower seed production (Morung Express)

‘Tasty’ genebank tools to propel crop advances - New digital tools are set to unlock the potential of plant genetic resources stored in the Australian Grains Genebank to accelerate the development of improved varieties

Australia - Trait discovery made easy: the OzBarley project’s game-changing approach

March 6, 2026

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Pakistan - Cutting-edge smart glasshouse recently established at the National Institute for Genomics and Advanced Biotechnology (NIGAB) enablies scientists to test crops under simulated heat, drought, and cold conditions (APP)

Australia - Western Crop Genetics Alliance renewed for another decade, building on 10 years of landmark agricultural research

March 5, 2026

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Study launched to optimise milling oats agronomy

March 2, 2026

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International experts convene in China to strengthen national defense against wheat blast - CIMMYT advances global collaboration to protect China’s wheat from wheat blast and strengthen food security through proactive science and biosecurity

Vietnam - Farmers welcome the new TNN91 rice variety with many outstanding advantages (Vietnam.vn)