Icelandic barley as far as the eye can see, just below the arctic circle

This is excellent news! It's great to see food companies embracing the environmental benefits of new plant breeding technologies. Well done Mars, Incorporated

We can’t airdrop our way out of an unfolding famine. Not in Gaza. 500,000 people are starving TODAY. The only way to get food to them, at scale, is by land. We’re grateful for the support, but we can’t afford to wait—Gaza is out of food and out of time.

"In five to 10 years, gene technologies can achieve what a selective [apple] breeding programme would take 60 years to do. Thanks to the impacts of climate change, the industry can't wait 60 years. Climate change will have buggered us by then." rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-…

👋 Chemist here. A new paper claims glyphosate causes tumors in rats. But there's a problem. The evidence falls apart under proper scientific scrutiny. Let’s take a closer look. 🧵👇1/

So they found a solution to citrus greening? 🤔

You’re calling it an “mRNA death toxin.” It’s not mRNA. It’s not a toxin. It’s dsRNA - a targeted biological tool that only works on the Colorado potato beetle. Humans eat RNA every day in every bite of food, and your gut destroys it instantly. 4 years of EPA safety

Regulatory milestone: Chilean startup Neocrop obtains “green light” for the first CRISPR-edited #wheat in the Americas ✅🍞🌱🇨🇱 neocroptech.com/en/regulatory-… | This is the first #CRISPR-edited wheat to receive a favorable resolution from a regulatory framework in the Americas, and 2°

Researchers at University of Guelph develop more heat and drought tolerant transgenic canola plants that produce up to 60pc more stems, 40pc more seed pods and a 35pc total seed yield increase per plant, without impacting oilseed quality. Field trials now under way. producer.com/crops/gene-edi…

Members of the National Corn Growers Association didn't mince any words on Wednesday — if the 16.7 billion bushels (bb) per acre USDA #corn estimate comes to fruition, it will be devastating to farmers and rural communities. dtnpf.com/agriculture/we…

Including GM crops in rotations results in improved sustainability. Crop rotations in Canada with GM crops result in some of the lowest carbon footprint of crops produced anywhere. phys.org/news/2025-08-c…

Local farmers push back against potential federal ban on widely-used weed killer kxly.com/news/local-far… via 4 News Now

'Gratitude for Hard Work & Bulls' Pola is a traditional agri, festival.This festival is celebrated to express gratitude towards agri, & bulls,companions of farmer.On this day,they are worshipped by bath them,embellishing them & feeding them sweets. My wife is following tradition

"I am genuinely puzzled as to why organic farming groups and environmentalists would not welcome such developments with open arms, given their potential to improve crop productivity while reducing dependence on artificial fertiliser and pesticide inputs." scienceforsustainableagriculture.com/mariocaccamo8

In search of the perfect raspberry: Pioneering genome editing technique could be the future of fruit and farming phys.org/news/2025-08-r… via Phys.org

THIS!! We have been alerting you to this danger for years but it wasn’t exciting enough for the media, I guess. And look where we are now

Growing cotton in the same field for 34 yrs. By recycling crop residues & maintaining organic matter, my soil stays alive with stable organic carbon & earthworms. Not chasing high yield, but continuity—this year too, I expect a satisfactory harvest. 🌱 #SoilHealth #Farming”

Pauses to some US graduate programmes have led universities in several countries to launch initiatives to entice would-be PhD students go.nature.com/468E0dh

Trump’s tariffs are destroying something you’d never expect. slate.trib.al/ZuGKSdS

Missouri crops impacted as drought intensifies across the state Find out more Brownfield Ag News brownfieldagnews.com/news/missouri-… #agnews #MOag #corn #soybeans #cotton #rice #hay #pastures