In a world first, the GM crop – developed in the early 1990s to provide higher levels of vitamin A – was recently approved for commercial planting in the Philippines.
The Canadian startup is hoping to give aquaculture farmers a boost by floating them cash while they wait 30-90 days for payment from buyers.
Regrow was formed in February following the merger of Australian crop science company FluroSat and US soil health startup Dagan.
The startup aims to grow its footprint across Saudi Arabia and the UAE, as well as US regions “where growing conditions are harsh.”
The early Twitter and Uber investor’s climate-focused VC firm has invested in several alt-protein and sustainable ag startups.
A collaborative ecosystems approach is urgently required if we really are to ‘fix’ the food system, writes Edible Planet Ventures CEO Sharon Cittone.
Biteback is creating edible oils from mealworms, while Cellular Agriculture has designed a new type of bioreactor to bring down cultivated meat’s costs.
AgFunder’s 2021 Farm Tech Investment Report, released earlier this month, showed that Ag Biotechnology deals increased 58% year-on-year.
Kalera will instantly expand its global presence by acquiring &ever, which operates vertical farms across Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.
Trimble Ventures will invest in agricultural digitalization, among other areas; while a New Zealand meat industry group is raising a few carbon questions.
In the wake of a $160 million Series B round, 80 Acres CEO Mike Zelkind argues that some valuations in the indoor ag industry are exaggerated.
The Polish startup is using bacteriophages – viruses that infect bacteria – as an alternative to antibiotics for aquaculture and land-based livestock ag.
The ag biotech company, which uses the RNA tech made famous by Covid-19 vaccines, will list on the Nasdaq – eventually providing an exit for investors including AgFunder, S2G Ventures, and Continental Grain Company.
This marks the third acquisition for CropX since the start of 2020 as it aims to offer the most comprehensive suite of tech services to farmers.
CropWalk CEO Charlie McKenzie said that his company’s clients “want us around more often; with iUNU, we can be there all the time.”
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“When we invested, what I loved about Bear Flag was that they were solving the right problem,” writes AgFunder partner Rob Leclerc about his firm’s exit from the ag automation startup.
This is Deere’s second major automation acquisition in the past four years.
The Netherlands startup is using CRISPR to perform non-transgenic genome edits on plant varieties – in addition to developing nanotech-enabled delivery of crop inputs.
The pair are expanding on their earlier collaboration, which “uncovered 10 times more bioactives than previously known” in the soybean plant.
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