Austria’s Evologic raises $3m for bio-based fungal inputs
May 21, 2021
The Viennese startup is verifying the quality of its biological products by working with large-scale distributors to earn farmers’ trust.
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Groundwork BioAg raises $11m to expand mycorrhizal inputs business
May 13, 2021
Grondwork BioAg has developed a line of biobased inputs sold on five continents based on mychorrizae, which it describes as queen of biologicals.
FBN launches 17 own-brand biological inputs for growers
April 5, 2021
FBN is offering the prebiotics, probiotics, photosynthetic enhancers, carbon sources, and advanced micronutrients through its FBN Direct portal.
Pest pheromone startup BioPhero nets $17m in DCVC-led Series A
March 9, 2021
The Danish startup aspires to become the leading supplier of concentrated pheromones as an active ingredient to companies formulating spray-on inputs for row crops.
Bio-fertilizer startup Anuvia raises $103m Series C funding
February 23, 2021
Anuvia is hoping to clean up conventional fertilizer with its bio-basd input that improves yields while also reducing GHG emissions and sequestering carbon.
Brief: Indigo Ag cuts more jobs; signs new carbon credit buyers
February 9, 2021
Indigo, which raised $560 million last year, said the layoffs align with its new CEO’s goal “to direct resources to [its] four primary offerings” and “realize their value.”
Syngenta partners with Sound Ag to launch ‘bio-inspired’ crop input in China
December 11, 2020
The duo will commercialize the US startup’s “green chemistry” product that helps plants use fertilizer more efficiently through microbes.
Startup Spotlight: ClearLeaf is tackling worker & environmental welfare through crop inputs
November 19, 2020
The Costa Rican startup tells AFN about its experience of raising capital in its home country.
FBN launches on-farm R&D network for biologics to perform real-world trials
October 19, 2020
FBN’s recently unveiled Biological On-Farm R&D Network will connect developers of biological ag inputs directly with farmers to perform trials in full-scale testing environments.
EXCLUSIVE: Boost Biomes nabs $5m Series A to tap into ecology of microbes
June 25, 2020
Instead of just identifying helpful microbes, Boost wants to explore how microbe ecology may unlock even more benefits for farmers
TechAccel subsidiary RNAissance Ag acquires RNAgri to boost manufacturing capacity
June 18, 2020
With the new acquisition, RNAissance plans to ramp up production of its sprayable RNA pesticides while expanding production.
Startup Spotlight: With a decade of R&D under its belt, MustGrow wants to make biopesticides easy for growers to adopt
June 1, 2020
The publicly-traded company is responding to the increasing number of countries banning chemical inputs by innovating bio-based solutions.
Sound Agriculture raises $22m Series C to save fertilizer costs and ramp up on-demand plant breeding
May 19, 2020
The startup offers a molecular biology-backed line of crop inputs as well as a platform to rapidly create new seed traits without gene-editing techniques.
Syngenta leads Series A for WeedOut to commercialize first species-specific biological herbicide
March 5, 2020
Syngenta Ventures’ Michael Lee tells AFN how the firm is viewing the biologics space and why WeedOut’s species-specific approach is so important.
NewLeaf Symbiotics raises $20m Series D to expand offerings to broadacre row crops
February 24, 2020
It also announced some changes to its executive leadership with CEO Tom Laurita stepping down in what it described as a streamlined approach towards advancing commercialization.
Bayer is betting on chemical ag with new herbicide slated for 2030. What about biologics?
February 18, 2020
Although it’s interested in biologics, it claims farmers still need the high rate of efficacy that chemical agriculture has to offer.
Robots, hemp, drastic weather: Farmers Edge’s Wade Barnes shares 2020 ag predictions
January 14, 2020
From traceability to hemp to robots, if Barnes is right, 2020 is going to be a blockbuster year across the agricultural board.
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