Ask most greenhouse growers how they built out their facility and the answer follows a familiar pattern: one company for construction, a different one for climate control, another for irrigation and water management, a specialist for lighting, and a software provider somewhere in the mix. The result is the opposite
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins has announced the final Regenerative Feedstock Rule, a new regulatory framework that creates a voluntary market pathway for American farmers who implement regenerative agriculture practices to access premium pricing within the US biofuel supply chain. The rule was announced on June 25, 2026, the same day
Eurofins Agro Testing has acquired Laboratoř Postoloprty, a leading agro testing laboratory in the Czech Republic with more than 35 years of operating history. The laboratory, which employs 30 people, is accredited by the Czech Accreditation Institute (ČIA) and authorised by the Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture
HOPA Ports and the Mississaugas of the Credit Business Corporation (MCBC) have announced a partnership to save a biodiesel production facility in Hamilton, Ontario from permanent closure. The facility, located at Pier 14 at the Port of Hamilton, will be restarted and operated by Biidaaban Renewable Energy, a newly formed
Reykjavik University (RU) and Southern Utah University (SUU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing a framework for collaboration in sustainable energy education, research, and workforce development. The agreement is coordinated on the RU side by the Iceland School of Energy (ISE), a graduate school within the university's Department of
A research team led by Professor Geupil Jang at Chonnam National University in South Korea has identified a rice gene, OsFeSOD3, that performs two distinct functions: protecting plants from drought-induced cellular damage and regulating the development of chloroplasts, the organelles responsible for photosynthesis. The findings, published in the Plant Biotechnology
Hood College's Department of Biology has been awarded a $19,998 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate natural predators of the Spotted-Wing Drosophila, an invasive fly species that has become the most destructive insect pest affecting soft fruit production in the United States. The research is led by
KIND has announced the conclusion of its KIND Almond Acres Initiative, a three-year regenerative agriculture pilot run in partnership with ofi, confirming that approximately 50% of its almond volume is now sourced from farms using regenerative practices on a mass-balance basis in 2026. The milestone puts the brand halfway toward
Agragene has been awarded grants from the USDA New World Screwworm Grand Challenge and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research to accelerate development of its precision-guided sterile insect technique (pgSIT) as a biological control tool for New World screwworm. The USDA funding was selected through a competitive process drawing
President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order on June 25, 2026, directing the EPA, USDA, and Department of Health and Human Services to promote regenerative agriculture practices, advance precision agriculture technologies, and reduce the regulatory burden on farmers seeking to modernise their operations. The order frames American farmers and