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Corn in Patagonia Tests Southern Crop Limits
22+ hour, 53+ min ago (583+ words) INTA researchers are evaluating corn hybrids at several locations in Santa Cruz and Chubut to determine how far corn production could expand into southern Patagonia. The trials are generating local information on crop adaptation, performance and production potential under the…...
Plant Breeding Needs Better PR and NAPB's Communications Chair Has a Plan
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (438+ words) That’s one of the first things Hannah Jeffrey wants to tackle as she steps into her new role as chair of the National Association for Plant Breeding‘s communications committee. The challenge isn’t a lack of innovation. It’s making sure…...
Scottish Farmers Urged to Plan for Water Scarcity
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (316+ words) Farmers and growers in Scotland are being encouraged to prepare for future water shortages as climate change disrupts rainfall patterns and increases the frequency of dry weather. The warning comes from the Centre of Expertise for Waters, or CREW, a…...
The Best Way to Use AI? Think Like a Golfer, Not a Robot
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (361+ words) Every conversation about AI seems to collapse into one of two camps. One side is convinced it is going to replace everyone. The other waves it off as another overhyped tool that will fade like the last one. I think…...
That's the Way I See It – Five Headlines; One Trend
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (290+ words) But every once in a while, a handful of seemingly unrelated headlines begin pointing in the same direction. This was one of those weeks. Congress introduced the Fair Seeds for Farmers Act, and by week’s end the conversation had expanded…...
Biochar May Protect Soil Health in Vegetable Crops
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (515+ words) Continuous cultivation of the same vegetable crop can gradually damage soil health, increase disease pressure and reduce yields. A new review published in Biochar X examines how biochar could help address these challenges in solanaceous vegetables, including tomatoes, peppers, eggplants…...
Seed Sector 2045: How Low-Input Farming Is Changing Plant Breeding
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (864+ words) For many years, high performance in crop production was closely linked to the availability of external inputs. Fertilisers, irrigation, herbicides, fungicides and insecticides all helped farmers protect yield and manage risk. But in Europe, the operating environment is changing. This…...
Should Farmers Lead Canadian Wheat Breeding?
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (550+ words) SeedWorld Farmers Are Building What’s Next | On The Brink: Season 2 – Episode 11 Farmers want to lead a redesign of Canada’s wheat breeding system Wheat is one of Canada’s signature crops and a backbone of Prairie farm income, which makes the pipeline…...
A Common Language for Quality: Inside the OECD Fruit and Vegetable Scheme
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (186+ words) Ever wonder how an orange picked in Morocco ends up perfectly ripe on a shelf in Germany in the middle of a European winter? The global trade in fresh produce depends on a shared definition of quality. That’s where the…...
Mung Bean Pan-Genome Reveals Key Crop Traits
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (369+ words) The study, published in Nature Genetics, was co-led by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Murdoch University’s Centre for Crop and Food Innovation. The resulting pan-genome includes more than 75,000 gene families and over 66,000 structural variants. Researchers linked…...