January 30, 2026

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Spearhead Bio named 2026 "Startup to Watch"

Aligning wheat breeding with market needs in Ethiopia (Global Agriculture)

St. Louis agtech startup Spearhead Bio raises $4M to speed up crop genome editing (St. Louis Business Journal)

How hybrid wheat could change farming (PreventionWeb)

New oat pangenome research explains why breeding has been slow and what could change next - Cracking crop’s pangenome could improve breeding decisions, but farmers still years away from seeing practical results (The Western Grower)

First graduates of University of Florida’s plant-breeding Ph.D. use genetics to help growers boost yields, improve shelf life, and more (Central Florida AgNews)

La Unión Europea avanza hacia la adopción comercial de las nuevas técnicas genómicas para la agricultura (Chile Bio)

January 29, 2026

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ToBRFV: perché la resistenza multigenica fa la differenza

ANOVE - Resumen 2025: Un año intenso para el sector de la mejora vegetal

Rijk Zwaan's R&D investment reaps the rewards (EuroFruit)

Canada - Organic research program cut - The Swift Current, Saskatchewan research centre is staying open, but the organic and regenerative agriculture program has been closed (The Western Producer)

Trilateral initiative aims to accelerate science and innovation for global food resilience

January 28, 2026

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European Parliament Committee on the Environment (ENVI) Committee backs NGT compromise

Aligning wheat breeding with market needs in Ethiopia

Vielfalt ist unsere Lebensversicherung - Sorten und Saatgut als strategische Ressource - Pflanzenzüchtung ist Schlüssel moderner Vorsorge- und Resilienspolitik

El sector de la mejora vegetal solicita a la Comisión ENVI del Parlamento Europeo que respalde el acuerdo de trílogos sobre edición genética

Bayer investing more than $45M CAD to build world class Canola Research and Development facility in Canada

Montana State University spring wheat breeder reaches milestone with Dagmar taking the lead (AgUpdate)

Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) concerned for ag research capacity with AAFC site closures and layoffs

Papas que no se oscurecen: edición genética chilena para reducir el desperdicio de alimentos (Chile Bio)

January 27, 2026

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Landwirtschaft stärken: Züchtung steigert Klimafitness der Pflanzen - Saatgut Austria betont Nutzen der Pflanzenzüchtung, um schwierigeren Umweltbedingungen zu trotzen

2025, un año de avances clave para la mejora vegetal en España y Europa - Un sector estratégico que afronta regulación, innovación y retos climáticos siempre con la idea de que para seguir alimentando a una población creciente la mejora vegetal es la mejor herramienta

Agriculture Canada research cuts threaten crop variety development - The cuts will mean farmers end up paying more for new varieties capable of overcoming emerging production challenges (The Western Producer)

El sector de la mejora vegetal solicita a la Comisión ENVI del Parlamento Europeo que respalde el acuerdo de trílogos sobre edición genética

BDP Nachrichten - Das war die Grüne Woche 2026

January 26, 2026

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The key role of biomolecular lab in plant breeding

Wheat research and the power of international collaboration

Euroseeds urges the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) to secure timely agreement of New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) trilogue agreement

Canada’s public wheat breeding under review (SaskToday)

New genomic techniques - Europe's climate-resistant nutrition game-changers? (Euractiv)