Breeding for a Climate That Won’t Hold Still: What Every Seed Professional Needs to Understand
Climate-resilient varieties are only as reliable as the environments in which they're tested. As Europe's climate changes faster than traditional breeding cycles can respond, plant breeders must rethink field trials, incorporate envirotyping and use better climate data to predict future performance.
When Competitors Become Partners: Inside Vylor’s Commercial Shift
Vylor is preparing to redraw its competitive boundaries as it becomes a standalone seed company. Southern Europe Commercial Unit Leader André Negreiros discusses new opportunities for licensing, partnerships, crop expansion and innovation, and why former competitors could become future collaborators
Breeding for Automation
Vegetable harvesting automation is transforming how breeders develop crops for the future. Rijk Zwaan explains how genetics, artificial intelligence and collaboration with machinery developers are helping create vegetable varieties suited to automated harvesting while maintaining crop quality, produ
More Genetics, More Markets: Agri Obtentions Looks Beyond France
Agri Obtentions is looking beyond France for its next stage of growth, opening new European opportunities for seed companies to access its field-crop genetics through local partnerships.The post More Genetics, More Markets: Agri Obtentions Looks Beyond France appeared first on Seed World.New opportu
What Vylor Needs From Policy to Meet its Innovation Ambition
Vylor is putting gene editing at the centre of its regulatory strategy as the company prepares to operate independently from Corteva. Teresa Babuscio, Head of Government and Industry Affairs for EMEA and APAC, discusses Europe's evolving NGT framework, international trade, biofuels and the policy pr
Building Vylor: An Inside Conversation on What Comes Next
Jean-Philippe Riffat, President, EMEA-APAC at Vylor, reflects on building an independent seed company, the opportunities emerging in genetics and gene editing, and what success should look like for Vylor over the next five years.The post Building Vylor: An Inside Conversation on What Comes Next appe
Are Plant Genetics Only Half of Europe’s Soybean Story?
Europe’s soybean ambitions depend on more than plant genetics. Protealis CEO Benjamin Laga explains how soybean inoculant MagNfix is designed to support nodulation, nitrogen fixation and regional adaptation as production moves into new European growing areas.The post Are Plant Genetics Only Half of
Biologicals’ Hardest Test Comes After Discovery
A biological seed treatment can show strong trial results and still fail commercially if it cannot survive formulation, storage, transport and application. Frontera CEO Matti Tiainen explains why successful products must be built around seed treatment realities from the start.The post Biologicals’ H
Arevo: Can a Thin Red Coat Change How a Crop Uses Nitrogen
Arginex seed treatment is designed to deliver nitrogen from germination in a form plants can use directly. Arevo CEO Niklas Åström explains what trials in corn and wheat reveal about yield, nitrogen efficiency and early root development.The post Arevo: Can a Thin Red Coat Change How a Crop Uses Nitr
Seed Coating Technologies: A Strategic Enabler of Innovation in a Rapidly Evolving Industry
Seed coating technologies are evolving as regulatory requirements, sustainability goals and more complex treatments reshape the industry. Syensqo is developing microplastic-free coatings and formulation solutions designed to support biologicals, new active ingredients and the next generation of seed
What Genomic Prediction is Worth to Your Program
Genomic prediction pricing has turned into a rumor market. The figures you hear at breeding conferences, and will hear in Valencia at Euroseeds, span two orders of magnitude — and both extremes can be true. Neither helps you, because genomic prediction isn’t one product.What you’re actually buyingVe
What Agricultural Innovation Looks Like Up Close
Agricultural innovation cannot eliminate uncertainty, but it can help farmers manage it. A visit to Bayer’s Crop Science headquarters in Monheim shows how advances in plant breeding, crop protection and biologicals are being developed with reliability in the field as the ultimate test.The post What
Europe’s Embrace of Next Generation Technology a Huge Step Forward
Europe’s New Genomic Techniques framework opens new opportunities for plant breeders to develop improved crop varieties faster. Enid Perez-Lara argues that clear science communication will be essential as these technologies move forward.The post Europe’s Embrace of Next Generation Technology a Huge
From Data to the Field: How Innovation Becomes Performance
MAS Seeds breeding combines climate modelling, genomics, advanced phenotyping and field testing to anticipate future growing conditions. The approach aims to deliver maize and sunflower hybrids with more reliable performance across changing environments.The post From Data to the Field: How Innovatio
Built on Trust, Ready to Grow
SATEC Equipment’s new managing director Robin Kleinwort is carrying forward the company’s customer-first culture while focusing on intentional growth, expanded global partnerships and continued innovation in seed coating, pelleting and treatment systems.The post Built on Trust, Ready to Grow appeare
Healthy Soils, Resilient Harvests: Regeneration in Action
MAS Seeds is advancing regenerative agriculture to help farmers build healthier soils, stronger crops and more stable harvests. Through reduced tillage, cover crops, diversified rotations and field-tested innovations such as MAS4COVER, MAS Seeds supports resilience in changing climates while reducin
Empowering Africa, One Seed at a Time
African farmers are central to regional and global food security. The Syngenta Seedcare Institute in Brits, South Africa, develops locally tailored seed treatment solutions to improve crop emergence, soil health and sustainable yields. By combining global innovation with African expertise, the insti
Data Science, Supporting Tomorrow’s Hybrid Varieties
At MAS Seeds, variety innovation is made possible thanks to top of the range R&D, where data science and plant selection combine their strengths to keep up with the challenges of sustainable agriculture.At the centre of this strategy, a dedicated Data science team works with the selection teams and
The Value Chain Begins With The Seed
Plant breeding supports the shift to plant-based diets by improving protein crops for taste, texture, nutrition, and sustainable food production.The post The Value Chain Begins With The Seed appeared first on Seed World.How plant breeding is making an initial contribution to food development.A look
Tools for Smarter Breeding – Making Genomic Selection Practical
Genomic Selection boosts breeding with faster gains and smarter decisions. Learn how real-world programs tackle challenges like data integration and model selection in our upcoming webinar.The post Tools for Smarter Breeding – Making Genomic Selection Practical appeared first on Seed World.Genomic S
Fast Talk, Big Vision
ASTA Genetics, based in Türkiye, advances gene editing and climate-resilient crops, sharing insights on innovation and value-chain collaboration in a 75-second interview.The post Fast Talk, Big Vision appeared first on Seed World.What can you learn about a cutting-edge plant breeding company in just
Seed Industry Shake-Up: Eurofins Is Changing Its Playbook
Eurofins is transforming its role in the seed industry, balancing speed for small breeders and stability for large companies, while evolving to better support innovation.The post Seed Industry Shake-Up: Eurofins Is Changing Its Playbook appeared first on Seed World.Eurofins is one of those names eve
New Product Buzz! What’s Syngenta’s Game-Changer Really About?
Every year, new ag products promise the moon — but only a few actually move the needle. One new product, though, generated a whole lot of buzz at World Seed Congress 2025. So, we caught up with Jader Caricati, Syngenta’s Global Seedcare Product Manager, to dig into what makes this seed treatment sta