Multinational chemical company Yara International has acquired Agronomic Technology Corp, an agricultural field modeling company for soil, water, crops, and fertilizer, for an undisclosed sum.
Soil and crop technologies led the week with two crop enhancement technologies raising funding in Italy and Africa.
The private sector is increasingly taking note of the food waste space, and one startup has raised $50m to scale its offering.
AgFunderNews weekly roundup of fundings, M&A, and food and agriculture policy: what got most people talking this week was Impossible Foods’ whopping $108 million Series D round.
John Cook over at GeekWire has reported that WISErg has added another $900,000 to the $5 million Series B they raised earlier this year for
The Mosaic Company keeps getting bigger. The Mosaic Company has announced it has acquired a fertilizer distribution business in Brazil and Paraguay for $350
Enterra Feed Inc., a Vancouver-based fertilizer and animal feed company, has announced it closed a $5 million venture-funding round with Avrio Capital. “It’s particularly
VC investment into aquaculture broke records in 2023; 2024 may tell a different story.
Kelp Blue founder Daniel Hooft discusses the ups and downs of farming giant kelp and his journey from the oil industry to aquaculture.
“We acquired the assets through an auction, so we’ve acquired the brand name, all the data sets, the customer contacts, essentially all the assets, and none of the liabilities,” says Almanac CEO Sumer Johal
Plus: chatbots for cultivated meat are here.
At Fyto, we are partnering with farmers to build a sustainable food system at a global scale. We have developed an innovative technology platform that
QarboTech’s tiny carbon dots integrate with chloroplasts, the tiny factories in plants that turn sunlight into energy, optimizing light absorption and electron transfer.
Concerns around the price of inputs and extreme weather events could increase adoption of sustainability practices among farmers globally.
Plenty of commentators—and jaundiced investors—may query the economics of insect agriculture given the struggles of some high-profile players. But what about the touted environmental benefits? Is it a given that it is more sustainable to feed animals insect protein than, say, corn or soybean meal?
Crude pongamia oil can be converted into biodiesel, renewable diesel, or sustainable aviation fuel, says Terviva founder and CEO Naveen Sikka.
“Now we’ve got a much more structured approach and good clarity on our verticals (gene editing, ag biologicals, tech platforms, decision science), we feel comfortable making investments early,” says Dr. Tom Greene.
“The use of AI to evaluate problems in the natural world seems to carry the potential of reducing or losing our capacity for critical analysis and ecosystems thinking.”
Rich in protein, fiber and lutein and low in immunogenic gliadins, Tritordeum has exciting properties in baking and brewing, claims Vivagran.
Companies are reducing scope 1 and 2 emissions but lagging when it comes to scope 3, according to a new report from nonprofit Ceres.
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