October 17, 2025

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RiceTec celebrates 15-year anniversary of its India-based business, Savannah Seeds

How a tiny zinc finger protein determines tomato fruit size

Syngenta boosts innovation to empower China's agriculture sector (China Daily)

October 16, 2025

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Cibus and AgVayā collaborate to introduce Indian rice growers to new solutions to scale crop productivity through advanced gene editing

Seven agreements signed in China to structure scientific cooperation between INRAE and its partners

BASF and Nissan form strategic partnership to bring BASF’s novel insecticide, Prexio Active, to rice growers in Japan

October 15, 2025

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Harvesting the future: World Rice Conference (WRC) 2025 unites science, trade, and innovation in Phnom Penh

Indian farmers may soon benefit from new rice lines that deliver bigger harvests while requiring less water and labor

Origin Agritech executes northeast China market re-entry with product showcase and technology seminar

Thai Binh Seed's TBR97, a rare rice variety that is "beautiful everywhere"

Academia Sinica builds first dual carbon fixation system in plants, published in Science

October 14, 2025

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China Agricultural University unveils new AI model for agriculture (Xinhua)

Australian OGTR - Notification of decision on application DIR 216 from Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd (Bayer) for the commercial release of a genetically modified cotton 

CRDC calling all innovators: drive the next breakthrough in cotton

October 9, 2025

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New climate-resilient alfalfa gives hope to drought-stricken farmers in Kazakhstan

October 8, 2025

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Australia - Diversification potential for canola in the north

October 7, 2025

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InterGrain welcomes Dan Fay as Victoria Territory Manager

October 6, 2025

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PhilRice drives digital shift in rice sector

Rice seed systems streamlined to boost farmer access in marginal areas

IRRI, GMH, and AgMIP hold first global GHG flux and modelling from rice workshop

October 3, 2025

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Impact of genetically modified Brinjal (Bt brinjal) on farmers’ income and production in Pabna District, Bangladesh (GM Crop & Food)

October 2, 2025

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ThaiBinh Seed's TBH456 - Promising "Newman": new hybrid rice varieties achieving impressive yield in BAC QUANG

Australia - Faba bean and barley highlight the value of crop diversity

October 1, 2025

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Origin Agritech announces investment agreements, including investment from Origin CEO Weibin Yan

New study from the Federation of Seed Industry of India: "Ease of doing business in the Indian seed industry"

New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - The Plant Variety Rights Journal, October 2025, is now available

La edición genética en el tomate alcanza eficiencia récord gracias a estrategia innovadora

Bayer targeting 2028 for Australian launch of Icafolin, a groundbreaking new herbicide from a new chemical class

September 30, 2025

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Asia and Pacific Seed Alliance (APSA) newsletter, September 2025

September 29, 2025

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India's new speed breeding centres to deliver improved seeds faster (MenaFN)