The Week in AgriFoodTech: GALY lands $33m for lab-grown cotton, EarthOptics & Pattern Ag merge, new CFO at Tyson
September 5, 2024
Plus: Matt Crisp joins Alpine Bio, AgroSpheres gets EPA approval on pesticide.
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Methane-busting feed supplements are beginning to scale. But who will foot the bill, and what will drive widespread adoption?
September 5, 2024
While burping ruminants are one of the leading sources of methane emissions, surprisingly small sums—just $233m according to AgFunder data—have been pumped into startups tackling the problem over the past decade.
FMC Ventures’ Mark Brooks on the next 10 years in agtech investment: ‘One of the risks is that we repeat the same mistakes’
September 5, 2024
Expect fewer agtech-specific funds, more corporate involvement and lots of generative AI.
Guest article: Empowering the Global South: why open data is key for sustainable farming, EUDR compliance
September 5, 2024
Despite their green credentials, smallholder farmers in the global south face significant challenges under new EU regulations such as EUDR.
Grain bins are hazardous. Nebraska startup Grain Weevil aims to make them safer through robotics
September 3, 2024
Grain Weevil says its robot can make storing grain more efficient while keeping farmers out of grain bins and saving lives in the process.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Sunswap raises $22m to clean up the cold chain, US DOD bets on mycoprotein
August 29, 2024
Plus: Delivery Hero plans an IPO in the Middle East, Mycorena gets acquired.
WIth a new grant from Gates Foundation, Legume Technology aims to rescue Africa’s deteriorating soils
August 27, 2024
Legume Technology secured a $2.83 million grant from the Gates Foundation for its microbial biofertilizer that increases crop yield.
General Mills, PepsiCo join Trusted Advisor Partnership in ‘de-risking’ regenerative agriculture in Canada
August 27, 2024
The agrifood corporates will support TAP in training Canadian agronomists on soil health and other regenerative agriculture practices.
Deere leads HabiTerre’s $10m Series A first close to build ‘the global standard’ for sustainability metrics
August 26, 2024
HabiTerre will use the funds to scale up its environmental systems models that can analyze farming’s impact on the environment.
Generate Capital on backing vertical farming’s survivors: ‘We believe there is an opportunity and a better way’
August 23, 2024
Generate Capital recently invested $50 million in Grow Up Farms, which runs a renewable-energy-powered vertical farm in the UK.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Climate tech co Root Global lands $8.8m, Innovafeed does pet food, Regrow does layoffs
August 22, 2024
Plus: High-protein foods maker David and a hand full of others announced new funding.
Fresh off a new funding round, precision ag startup BemAgro plans to optimize forest management with AI
August 22, 2024
Precision ag startup BemAgro will expand its focus into forest management via a new partnership with Suzano Ventures.
Investment in agriculture gene editing grew 206% YoY in H1 2024, hinting at sector recovery and new momentum
August 21, 2024
Agriculture-related gene editing startups have raised over $2.7 billion since 2012.
Phospholutions gears up for commercial-scale production of fertilizer additive with Toros Agri partnership
August 20, 2024
The Toros Agri partnership will see Phospholutions’ RhizoSorb fertilizer additive produced at new volumes and in new markets.
Dispatch from North Dakota: How innovators, entrepreneurs and bonanza farmers built Fargo’s agtech legacy
August 20, 2024
A history of innovation and a new pack of entrepreneurs are driving agtech growth in Fargo and the Red River Valley.
FBN and ADM launch a new company to connect grain buyers with more regeneratively grown goods
August 19, 2024
The companies have launched Gradable to expand their platform of the same name both nationally in the US and globally.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Zepto secures fresh $340m, Bolt Threads goes public, ReFED has a new boss
August 15, 2024
Plus… Impossible Foods opens a brick-and-mortar store while Florida’s cultivated meat battle rages on.
Restoring the soil quickly is key to capturing returns in regenerative agriculture
August 15, 2024
CHONEX aims to supercharge soil health in the face of intensive farming practices and extreme weather brought on by climate change.
Kelly Hills Unmanned Systems debuts with the largest commercial autonomous crop sprayer in the US
August 14, 2024
“Our goal is to become the epicenter for unmanned aerial systems in the agricultural space,” says Kelly Hills CEO Lukas Koch.
From driverless cars to precision ag with eFeed cofounder Kumar Ranjan: ‘I’m kind of an accidental entrepreneur’
August 13, 2024
After a fun—but not very lucrative—few years working on driverless cars in India, Kumar Ranjan turned his attention to a very different industry: farming.
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