The two will develop microbiome-based solutions that reduce methane emissions for beef and dairy cattle and enhance feed efficiency.
The Australian startup claims its tech can transform the unit economics of growing red seaweed to produce feed additives for livestock methane reduction.
The loan will help In Ovo expand its technology that determines the sex of hatching eggs, eliminating the need to cull day-old male chicks.
Asia-Pacific Ag Biotechnology startups raised $813 million in 2022, making it the top-funded upstream category for the year.
Verqor will become a direct financial lender to farmers and approve loan applications in “48 hours or less.”
Areas of interest include sustainable packaging, fermentation, agriculture biologicals, crop disease resistance, soil health and regenerative agriculture.
Overstory banks new funding to monitor vegetation with satellites, FarmInsect raises capital to turn insects into livestock feed.
Asia-Pacific has long been a hotbed for agrifoodtech innovation; the recent decline in VC funding isn’t likely to change that.
French startup Amatera is developing a coffee variety with the resilience and yields of Robusta and the taste of Arabica.
GROW Impact Accelerator startups CarbonFarm, FaunaTech and Exosomm are on mission to improve the health of animals, humans and the planet
UK researchers say vitamin B12 holds ‘immense potential’ when it comes to the role of biofortified foods in our supply chain.
The CarbonFarm satellite system monitors rice “at the paddy level” to bring more trust to the carbon credits process.
Could the sustainability credentials—and the unit economics— of alt proteins be improved by tapping into ag industry side streams?
Current policies in Canada around no-till farming and soil health disregard contributions of the early adopters for being early adopters.
The binder will be available in the US in 2024 as part of a multi-year agreement between Plantible and ICL.
Irrigation management startup Kilimo recently adjusted its business model to focus on “water neutrality” for corporates.
General Mills and Walmart partner for regenerative ag, grain-trading platform Bushel gets a grant, Italy back-pedals on cultivated meat ban.
Moolec Science – a startup developing a molecular farming platform to produce plants that express animal proteins – has raised $30m from strategic investors via convertible notes.
Tyson will take a minority stake in Protix and fund further expansion of the latter’s insect protein business for animal feed and pet food.
Enhanced rock weathering startup Eion is scaling up aggressively in 2024 as more players commit to buying carbon credits generated by its carbon removal process.
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