October 16, 2026

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Turning up the heat on chickpea yield

October 15, 2026

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Mahindra starts commercial production of MaxSeeder, a precision zero-till seeding farm machine

Origin Agritech launches stress-tolerant corn breeding for southwest China markets, with supports from Guizhou state entities

The Netherlands and Indonesia strengthen cooperation in the seed sector

How AI is speeding up the journey from trial data to new varieties

United Kingdom - Making progress with maize to fuel high performance ration

Protecting crop genetic diversity for global food security

Hazera's radish Blushella, a rookie with a look of its own

Deutschland - Sommerbraugerste im Herbst säen

Lidea - 20 years of continuous innovation with Tropical Dent genetics

European Food Safety Authority - Assessment of genetically modified maize Bt11 × MIR162 × MON 89034 × NK603 (application GMFF-2025-33624)

Österreich - Mais-Frühschoppen in Loosdorf-Roggendorf am 25. Oktober

Community Plant Variety Office - Official Gazette of the CPVO 5.2026

Bundessortenamt - Blatt für Sortenwesen, Oktober 2026

European Union and United Kingdom risk falling further behind global agricultural competitors, weakening strategic autonomy

New technique holds promise for improved gene editing

The Philippines remains a regional leader in genetically modified (GM) crops, with its early adoption of agricultural biotechnology supporting food security efforts, according to BMI (The Manila Times)

USA - National Science Foundation awards $22.5M to continue plant-human communication projects

OlsAro raises $5.5m seed round as salt-tolerant wheat nears market (AFN)

New facility builds on long Washington State University, USDA partnership to boost agriculture

Dave Bubeck, Corteva Agriscience's Research Director and Global Breeding Alliances Lead, reflects on past and future innovations (AgriNews)

Algérie - Structuration et modernisation de la filière semencière (Team France Export)

Horizon Ag's CLL20 and PVL06

Brazil: bracing for impact - How the 2026 El Nino affects Brazil's agriculture

A University of Queensland study has outlined a practical pathway for accelerating the development of heat adapted chickpeas using data from new ‘omic’ technologies

Early heat and drought stress can have lasting effects on corn

Chile - El Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA) nombra a Fernando Ortega como nuevo Subdirector Nacional de I+D

AGT releases first chickpea variety following breeding program transition

Colombia - Semillas, tecnología y productividad: el debate que reunirá en Ibagué al Gobierno, científicos y productores de América Latina

USDA/NIFA invests over $121M in research facilities projects