CropsEurope's processing-potato heartland harvests almost a quarter less
DCA Market Intelligence puts the 2026 crop in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany at about 20.8 million tonnes after acreage cuts and a hot, dry season.
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AgrotechPlantArcBio's drought-tolerance genes more than double cob weight in a field trial
The Israeli gene-discovery firm says corn carrying its lead genes outperformed controls under both normal irrigation and severe drought across 200 plots.
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Heat-tolerant lentils bred with AI and speed breeding reach field trials in Australia
About 200 lines from a GRDC-funded Agriculture Victoria project are being tested at three main sites, with 50 more at hotter satellite sites.
CropsIndian seed industry targets 10% of global seed trade by 2035
The Federation of Seed Industry of India, valuing the sector at $3.6bn, asks for one national regulatory framework, faster approvals and stronger IP protection for oilseeds and pulses.
CropsUK drought cut spring barley yields 17% below average, AHDB finds
AHDB's final harvest report shows wheat down 11% and oats 14% below the five-year mean, while oilseed rape came in 19% above it at 4 t/ha.
CropsUK forage maize lists drop 'favourable site' ratings for maturity-based choice
The British Society of Plant Breeders has redesigned its Forage Maize Descriptive Lists for 2027, grouping varieties by maturity and performance across all 13 trial sites and adding ten new varieties.
Crops'Variable' is the word Corn Belt agronomists pick for this year's harvest
Asked for one word to describe the corn and soybean harvest, agronomists across the Midwest most often chose 'variable', with yields swinging by field on how much rain the crop caught.
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Idaho farm family sues state, saying groundwater cuts took their senior water rights
Jerry and Valerie Bingham, whose rights date to 1950, say curtailment orders since July 2025 left their 1,000-acre Blackfoot farm dry while junior users with mitigation plans kept pumping.
CropsIndia's seed industry calls for one framework and faster approval of new varieties and traits
The Federation of Seed Industry of India says quicker, science-based approvals for varieties, GM traits and genome editing are needed to lift cotton, oilseed and pulse yields and cut imports.
CropsMSU asks growers for samples of a new corn leaf spot now seen in about 14 Michigan counties
The disease resembles Phaeosphaeria leaf spot or maize white spot, but DNA sequencing has not yet identified the fungus; reports have also come from New York and Pennsylvania.
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Sound Agriculture launches microbial seed coating for high-ammonium corn fields
INFLECT, a powder of two bacteria and one fungus applied to corn seed at planting, is designed to protect roots and yields where fields get anhydrous ammonia or heavy manure.
CropsIRRI and Nottingham launch project to breed rice that keeps yielding in rising heat
The BBSRC-backed Temp-Resist Rice project will search traditional varieties and wild relatives for heat-tolerance traits, focusing on pollen failure at flowering.
AgrotechSIU researchers build camera robot and AI to spot soybean disease before symptoms show
The battery-powered robot films the undersides of soybean leaves where drones cannot see, feeding AI models meant to map frogeye leaf spot hot spots for targeted fungicide.