The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced increased financial assistance for the Regenerative Pilot Program from $700 million to $1 billion in fiscal year 2027, providing more producers with the opportunity to adopt conservation systems that improve soil health, water quality, and long-term farm resilience. Producers can now apply for assistance with regenerative practices. Additionally, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service …

The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has launched AgInsights, a new data dissemination tool that will serve as a key component of NASS’s ongoing modernization strategy. BW Fusion has named Dean Williams chief executive officer. Williams brings nearly four decades of agricultural industry experience to the company as it enters its next phase of growth in biological crop solutions …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is taking steps to speed up progress in plant science by calling on universities and stakeholders to help build new AI tools that can translate the huge amount of germplasm data the agency collects. Through the Genesis Mission and the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AgARDA), USDA is expected to launch an Agricultural …

On-farm trials and on-going field observations by Ag Partners Coop and soybean growers in northeast Kansas are showing how a specialized soybean nutrition and stress-mitigation product called Big Bean™ can reduce stress-related yield losses. Learn more about BIG BEAN at www.planetearthagronomy.com. Koch Ag & Energy Solutions and OCP Nutricrops S.A. have signed an agreement for Koch to invest in Jorf …

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an opportunity for the public to help shape a national innovation challenge with up to $30 million in total prize funding. The challenge will support practical, cost-effective alternatives to conventional chemical crop desiccation, the common practice of spraying pesticides to dry out crops in the final days before harvest. Grounded in gold standard science, …

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the launch of the $500 million Fertilizer Investment & Expansion for Long-Term Domestic Supply (FIELDS) Program, a new initiative administered through USDA Rural Development to expand domestic fertilizer manufacturing, strengthen America’s fertilizer supply chain, and improve long-term affordability for American farmers. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will host a roundtable …

USDA is now accepting project proposals for the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). Up to $310 million will be invested to expand producer conservation activities across the nation. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon hosted several land-grant university leaders at USDA for a roundtable discussion and announced the opening of the FY2026 …

Switch Bioworks, a biotechnology company focused on sustainable fertilizer, announced the launch of field trials of its novel microbial fertilizer, with authorization from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Microbial fertilizers use living microbes to pull nitrogen from the air and deliver it to crops, offering farmers an alternative to traditional chemical fertilizers …

Ag Leader Technology announced the launch of Z-Row, a corn head row guidance solution that keeps the combine centered on the row while operating entirely within the InCommand® Go display. Syngenta’s new Durastak Traits of Tomorrow Scholarship program is accepting applications through June 15, 2026. The program will award five $2,000 scholarships to exceptional students pursuing careers in STEM and …

SAN Agrow announces that its innovative new product DURALEV, a biological fungicide and bactericide, is now registered for use in California ‒ marking a major milestone in the product’s U.S. launch. With this approval, DURALEV is now registered in 15 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and …