March 16, 2026

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Bejo refuerza su capacidad global de mejora genética en apio

Canada’s crop breeding system needs farmer-led evolution, not just preservation (Manitoba Co-operator)

Ancient plant DNA switches offer new tools for crop breeding (Israel.com)

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

March 12, 2026

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Canada’s cereal breeding system is failing. Who fills the gap? (Manitoba Co-operator)

Horticoop investeert in 25:2, specialist in AI-gedreven plantenveredeling
Horticoop invests in 25:2, a specialist in AI-driven plant breeding

A sorghum pangenome reference improves global crop trait discovery (Nature)

How plant trials drive future breeding efforts at Syngenta Flowers (Greenhouse Growers)

Canada - Farmers must take ownership of crop breeding (The Western Producer)

Argentina actualiza su normativa para organismos genéticamente modificados de uso agropecuario

Perú aprueba normativa que daría «luz verde» al uso comercial de cultivos editados genéticamente

March 11, 2026

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MAS Seeds pilot farms: Year 2 overview

Bejo expands celery breedig programme with new genetic material - Strengthening future opportunities for UK growers

Canadian Wheat Research Coalition (CWRC) report highlights risks and opportunities in Canada's wheat breeding system (Real Agriculture)

Corteva’s hybrid wheat aims to close the yield gap with corn and soybeans (AgWeb)

Collaboration amplifies wheat breeding progress (High Plains Journal)

Canada - Who pays for plant breeding? A renewed push for farmer levies (Manitoba Co-operator)

Canada - Public breeding urged for small acreage crops (The Western Producer)

Canada - Crop breeding debate needed, no matter how difficult (The Western Producer)

March 10, 2026

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

NGT-1 solanaceae plants are blooming in the Italian spring (Tomato News)

Wild peanut genetics drive $6M effort to protect crops in Africa and the U.S.

March 9, 2026

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Österreichs - EU-Pläne bedrohen heimischen Sojaanbau & -züchtung

Rye gene boosts wheat’s broad stripe rust resistance (Bioengineer)

Kenya - Scientists on a mission to make finger millet great again (Daily Nation)

‘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

University of Minnesota soybean breeding program is critical to the development of new early-maturing soybean varieties (Morning AgClips)

Canada’s public plant breeding crossroads: Can farmer-led funding models work? (Farms.com)

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

March 6, 2026

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How the UK Precision Breeding Act is transforming crop development and food security