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Headline	Category	Source
PFAS pesticides approved after EPA changes definition of toxicity	Agricultural Policy & Politics	CNN
NFU open letter calls for future PM to back long-term food system	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Fruitnet
Leaders intervene in Downing Street race with five-point survival plan	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Food and Drink Technology
Labour told to put farming at heart of economic reset	Agricultural Policy & Politics	FarmingUK
Government accelerates drive to protect 30% of England’s land for nature by 2030	Agricultural Policy & Politics	FarmingOnline
Farm innovation fund rises to £123m after new government backing	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Farming UK
Europe’s food safety reforms present a crossroads for global trade	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Open Acces Government
EU reset could put 2027 crops at risk – rural advisers warn	Agricultural Policy & Politics	FarmingUK
EU bureaucrats are finally catching up to the gene editing revolution in food and agriculture	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Genetic Literacy Project
Enact law allowing planting of GM crops approved by govt’	Agricultural Policy & Politics	BusinessMirror
Agriculture Council gives final approval to aid to tackle the EU’s high fertiliser costs	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Eunews
Researchers seek farmer input on AI and net zero tools	Agricultural Research	FarmingUK
Researchers seek farmer input on AI and net zero tools	Agricultural Research	Farming UK
Fruit farm trial to test robots for harvest logistics	Agricultural Research	FarmingUK
Fruit farm trial to test robots for harvest logistics	Agricultural Research	Farming UK
Crop Suitability and Food Security: The Evolution of New Technologies	Agricultural Research	Frontiers
Innovation in action: how funding is supporting farmers	Agricultural Research	Farming Online
The hidden biodiversity cost of oil crops	Biofuels	Nature
How biofuels can energize American agriculture	Biofuels	Agri-Pulse
EU Parliament biofuels blunder could expose EU to billions a year in sanctions	Biofuels	Biofuels International Magazine
Why bees are struggling to survive this summer and what you can do to help	Environment	The Independent
Tracing pesticides in honeybees to preserve pollinators and agricultural productivity	Environment	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
PM – Continued heatwaves threaten UK food security	Environment	BBC
Future changes in climate suitability/ yields/ and calorie optimization of four global staple food crops	Environment	Nature
Farmers central to new plan to protect 30% of England for nature	Environment	FarmingUK
Climate we had in 20th Century ‘has now gone’ – Met Office	Environment	BBC
Big bees have the most to lose as global CO₂ levels rise: new research	Environment	Down To Earth
A 37-year Soil Experiment Revealed a Hidden Climate Threat	Environment	Science Daily
Underutilised crops for food security	Food security	Nature
Open letter to the UK’s next Prime Minister	Food security	Greenpeace
Fuel shortages and El Niño related droughts likely to reduce crop output in East Africa Latin America and the Caribbean	Food security	JRC
Food leaders warn next PM that food security cannot be taken for granted	Food security	New Food Magazine
Climate impacts blamed as UK food self-sufficiency drops to 60%	Food security	FarmingUK
Beyond the fertiliser shock: why food security needs resilient nutrient systems	Food security	FAO
Australia’s food security facing triple threat	Food security	YouTube
Achieving 50% local food procurement	Food security	CPRE
CRISPR-hating activists air their grievances about gene editing farming innovation	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
China approves first gene-edited wheat in step to open up GM tech to food crops	GM Crops	The Eastleigh Voice
URI entomologist suggests novel removal technique to help tackle invasive pest	IPM	The University of Rhode Island
Stepping Up Psyllid Biocontrol in California	IPM	Citrus Industry Magazine
RNAi Biopesticides: the IP race for next-generation crop protection	IPM	Lexology
New registered biological fungicide targets Fusarium in tomato pepper and eggplant	IPM	Hortidaily
High-Load Formulations Are Redefining Crop Protection Through Smarter Multi-Active Technologies	IPM	Agrolatam
Disease-resistant corn hybrids make fungicides unprofitable	IPM	Farm Progress
Coming Attractions for Bioherbicides	IPM	CropLife
Chinese Farmers Have a Clever Way to Weed Rice Paddies Without Herbicides	IPM	YouTube
Chemical control dominates global fight against invasive alien plant	IPM	Phys.org
5 Podcast Episodes on Biologicals to Listen to Before Trade Summit 2026	IPM	AgriBusiness Global
For healthy soils and plants: Building an agroecological organic fertiliser and soil amendment sector	Organics	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
When Should You Spray Corn Fungicide to Maximize ROI?	Pesticide	Agrolatam
What is paraquat dichloride? Why has the Centre proposed banning this toxic herbicide?	Pesticide	The Week
Urban Rodents Are Evolving To Survive Common Poison	Pesticide	SciTechDaily
UF researchers study how fungicide spraying may unintentionally spread tomato disease	Pesticide	The Apopka Voice
This common pesticide may be quietly wiping out future bumblebees	Pesticide	ScienceDaily
Syngenta sues BASF for infringing US herbicide patent	Pesticide	Reuters
Sterile insects – keeping the screwworm fly out of Europ	Pesticide	Agriland
Search for alternatives to paraquat continues after usage restricted	Pesticide	ABC News
Pesticide makers stack wins against US environmental public health group	Pesticide	Reuters
Misuse of 24-D could threaten future weed-control	Pesticide	Brownfield Ag News
India Pesticides gets EU approval for fungicide product and eyes export market expansion	Pesticide	LinkedIn
https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-pressed-to-require-cancer-warnings-on-pesticides/	Pesticide	CBD
EPA dicamba decision sparks fresh questions about herbicide drift	Pesticide	Wisconsin State Farmer
EPA Approves Three New Pesticides that May — (or May Not) — be PFAS	Pesticide	JD Supra
EPA approves pesticides with “forever chemicals” for U.S. crop	Pesticide	YouTube
Can New Surfactants Transform Crop Protection?	Pesticide	Agrolatam
A Dirty Sprayer Could Cost Farmers Their Crop	Pesticide	Farms.com
Latin American organizations speak against gene editing in agriculture and seed control	Precision Breeding	Hortidaily
ISAAA pushes law to protect biotech crops	Precision Breeding	Business Inquirer - Inquirer.net
Europe opens the door to genome editing: now what?	Precision Breeding	SeedQuest
As the EU loosens restrictions on agricultural gene editing it remains years behind the rest	Precision Breeding	Genetic Literacy Project
What rates should fertiliser be spread at as growth rates dip?	Soil management	Agriland
The business case for investing in soil biology on your development site	Soil management	FarmingOnline
Sulphur exposes chokepoints in global production networks	Soil management	East Asia Forum
Soil health: The effects of herbicides	Soil management	Open Access Government
Fertiliser prices: MEPs approve support for farmers	Soil management	European Parliament
European Parliament Must Restore Fertiliser CBAM Crisis Safeguard	Soil management	Irish Farmers' Association
European Parliament approves emergency measures for farmers hit by rising fertiliser prices	Soil management	Agence Europe
Agri MEPs question fertiliser industry profits as farmers’ costs soar	Soil management	Euractiv
Using soil insight to reduce fertiliser use and improve water quality	Water & irrigation	Water Magazine
US farm runoff is pushing stream pesticide levels to harmful highs	Water & irrigation	The Cool Down
New tool ‘successfully filters harmful phosphates’	Water & irrigation	BBC
Inefficient use of fertiliser makes pollution inevitable	Water & irrigation	The Irish Times