April 28, 2025

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AgriThority adds experts to deepen services in Latin America and North America

U.S. bioenergy statistics

Farm research prepares students for their future

April 25, 2025

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FMC receives registration for Fidresa®fungicide in Argentina

For your eyes only: The worldwide hub for confidential plant pathogen testing

USA - Applications now open for the 2025 Syngenta Business Institute - Superintendents have until Aug. 11 to apply online

Agricultural community applauds signing of new North Dakota bill - With Governor Armstrong’s signature, North Dakota becomes the first state to fully pass legislation reaffirming U.S. EPA-backed science behind crop protection tool safety

Century-old mystery of plant communication solved

New approach makes AI adaptable for computer vision in crop breeding

April 24, 2025

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Seed Technologist Newsletter, Volume 92 No. 1

USDA-APHIS designates additional Cibus’ disease resistance trait products as not regulated - Designation confirms conventional regulation of Cibus traits in the U.S. as modernized regulatory policy for precision gene editing breeding technologies continues to advance globally

Emerging vegetable plant diseases on the rise (Growing Produce)

Uncovering the recipe for Cas9’s “secret sauce”

Advanced training to improve tef productivity

April 23, 2025

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Tiny CRISPR tool opens the door to faster, simpler plant genome editing - The system, developed by UCLA and UC Berkeley scientists, could help ensure global food security

E-I-E-I-Omics: New discoveries in corn genetics could help grow more productive, resilient crops

April 22, 2025

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A new study from South Dakota State University reveals reductions in tillage intensity have led to an increase in soil organic carbon levels and an increase in corn and soybean yields

Get your data faster: the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan introduces AVITI short-read sequencing services

BioLumic oversubscribed funding round accelerates a new category of non-GMO seed traits - $8.3M Series B extension expands light-activated seed trait commercialization in corn, rice, soybean, and forage

How bacteria use sneaky chemistry to disable plant defenses

April 21, 2025

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U.S. Department of Energy lab to support University of Nebraska–Lincoln scientist Huang Li's research on bioenergy crops

April 18, 2025

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Meet an Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) scientist: Krishna Niyogi

South Dakota State University leading effort to increase native plants and seeds

Paraquat lawsuit settlement proposed in the U.S. - The future of two Canadian cases targeting the herbicide’s connection with Parkinson’s disease remains up in the air (The Western Producer)

U.S. administration's funding freeze upends agricultural research at US universities (Reuters)

Stine corn is proving its value as silage for southwestern dairies

Iowa State University's Seed Science Center reports on cybersecurity vulnerabilities of small-scale farmers and education-enhancing techniques

April 17, 2025

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Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research - FFAR’s Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research (ROAR) grant addresses red crown rot in soybeans

Scientists develop new gene editing tool that replaces entire genes

2025 Organic Seed Production Online Course open for applications