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JRC MARS bulletin : crop monitoring in Europe. Vol. 34 No. 8, September 2026

28/09/2026 - EU summer crop yield forecasts remain well below the five-year average and have been further reduced this month by 7 % for sugar beet, 2 % each for grain maize and soybean and 1 % for potatoes. The...

Heatwaves on land start earlier and develop faster worldwide

23/09/2026 - Heatwaves over land worldwide are beginning earlier, ending later, and occurring over longer seasons, while the first heatwave of the season has recently shifted toward faster onset, according to...

Building Grain and Flour Phenotyping Capacity at Kiboko (Kenya) and Thies (Senegal): A Journey in Progress

- Photo by CIMMYTThe establishment of grain and flour phenotyping platforms for groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet represents an important milestone, but it is only one step in a...

Jensen Meat Adds Teriyaki Flavor to Plant-Based Butcher Stick Following Before the Butcher Integration

22/09/2026 - © Jensen Meat Co.Jensen Meat Company has launched the Butcher Stick, a shelf-stable

AI Model Screens Millions of Plant Proteins to Find Animal-Free Emulsifiers

04/09/2026 - Image: Mikhail Nilov on PexelsResearchers at the University of Leeds have built an

Protecting the Peanut: Sensors Help Fend Off Fungus

31/08/2026 - Early detection could be the difference between a healthy peanut crop and a devastating outbreak of Sclerotinia blight — a fungal disease capable of causing significant yield loss.

A single gene change turns susceptible peas into fusarium wilt fighters

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New FCC proposal could ‘retroactively ban’ some existing ag spray drones, warns DJI

07/08/2026 - “The goal is to build out supply chains for these ingredients and then work with strategic partners," says president Joel Gfeller.The post

Investing in Africa’s Food Future: How CIMMYT and Partners are cultivating the next generation of plant breeders

- VACS Professional Fellows conducting laboratory research at the BeCA–ILRI Hub in Nairobi, Kenya, as part of the VACS Capacity Project, strengthening skills in modern crop breeding and...

Cultivated Food Labs advances faba bean hull-based cocoa alternative

07/08/2026 - “BioScout is one of those rare companies that solves a massive, urgent problem, whilst also building a unique and powerful dataset that amplifies the impact,” says Astanor partner Harry...

Innes Lecture 2026 – The Potato: between science and peasant knowledge

- The Innes Lecture series is a free annual public talk on the history of science, with themes that have synergies with John Innes Centre research past and present.This year’s speaker...

Can Nanovel crack agriculture’s toughest robotics challenge?

27/07/2026 - Israeli agtech start-up Nanovel has secured a €2.5 million European Innovation Council grant to advance autonomous citrus-harvesting robots. But beyond the funding announcement lies a bigger...

‘Not Your Average Chickpea’: NuCicer Unveils Higher-Protein Version of Beloved Bean

24/07/2026 - Californian agtech startup NuCicer has introduced Nuchi, a new class of chickpeas with 50% more protein and 25% less fat than conventional varieties.The protein craze has birthed its newest...

Beyond new products: Robotics, precision ag could unlock the next phase of biological advancement

22/07/2026 - Precision technologies could strengthen biologicals by targeting inputs at plant level.Biologicals can help chemistry be used more surgically, not replace it outright.Fewer...

Nuevos alimentos sanos y sostenibles a partir de excedentes de legumbres cultivadas sin químicos

- Los centros tecnológicos AZTI y NEIKER han creado, a partir de excedentes de legumbres, harinas, snacks y untables con propiedades nutricionales mejoradas y adaptadas a las necesidades...

MOL Group to add biomethane unit to Hungarian biogas plant

15/05/2026 - Hungarian oil and gas company MOL Group is expanding its Szarvas biogas plant with a new biomethane unit that will enable renewable gas injection into Hungary’s national grid. The unit is...

Policy recommendations to boost intercropping and organic in Europe

- The IntercropVALUES Horizon Europe project released policy recommendations for the EU and Member States to incentivise intercropping...

Plants predictably select growth boosting microbes regardless of soil type

- Plants predictably select growth boosting microbes regardless of soil typeNew study shows crop species, and not soil type, primarily determines the beneficial functions...

Soil moisture retention through crop rotation and organic fertilizer application as a climate adaptation mechanism in rainfed agriculture of Ethiopia

- Field worker in Ethiopia (Photo: CIMMYT).When the rains stop in Ethiopia, smallholder farmers have almost no fallback. Irrigation is either unavailable or unaffordable, leaving crops exposed to...

Successful PhD Completion in times of COVID-19: Luca Eufemia defense

- On 12 June 2020, under new regulation and no-contact policies due to coronavirus, Mr. Eufemia successfully defended his dissertation at the Life Sciences Faculty of the Humboldt University of Berlin...

La Bóveda Global de Semillas de Svalbard gana el Premio Princesa de Asturias 2026

21/05/2026 - La Bóveda Global de Semillas de Svalbard, el mayor banco subterráneo de material genético vegetal del mundo, recibió ayer el Premio Princesa de Asturias de Cooperación Internacional 2026, según...

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