
Brief: Crop biologicals firm Biobest eyes South America expansion with $570m acquisition of Brazil’s Biotrop
Acquiring Biotrop gives Biobest an automatic entry into the South American market for biological crop products.
Acquiring Biotrop gives Biobest an automatic entry into the South American market for biological crop products.
Combining their expertise in agriculture supply chains and capital markets, husband and wife team Aline and Fabricio Pezente faced some challenges raising funding in the early days.
Conservation tech is a small-but-vital slice of agrifoodtech investment in Latin America to fight climate change and boost planetary health.
Louisa Burwood-Taylor caught up with Lavoro Agro CEO Ruy Cunha in São Paulo to explore how it is helping farmers boost productivity as farmland becomes more expensive.
Startups in the Ag Marketplaces & Fintech category raised $191 million in 2022 to bring more efficiency to the agrifood supply chain.
Which agrifoodtech segments are ripe for investment in Latin America? Louisa Burwood-Taylor catches up with Roberto Vitón at The Yield Lab Latam.
In contrast to global investment trends, Latin America’s eGrocery startups continued to garner the most capital in 2022.
The field results and registration mark the first geographical expansion for Israel’s Grace Breeding and its biofertilizer product.
Arado’s digital agribusiness marketplace connecting farmers directly with retailers and restaurants grew 30x in 2022.
Climate-related cost increases for livestock companies will come from higher feed prices and expected carbon taxes, says FAIRR.
Pink Farms aims to provide some or possibly all of its vertical farming technology to the grain and fiber production in the next 10 years.
Plus, Starbucks names a new CEO and a longtime veteran of consumer goods corporate Unilever calls it quits after 35 years.
The Seedz platform aims to transition more farmers in Brazil online while also giving major suppliers more actionable data.
The move includes closing down a 189,000-square-foot plant-based meat factory in Denver, Colorado, as well as getting rid of more than 100 jobs.
By partnering with Lavoro, David Friedberg’s company hopes to drive more agtech adoption by leveraging the ag retailer’s influence on farmers.
The Solix Sprayer can help farms reduce their chemical inputs and deliver a lower carbon footprint and environmental impact.
Puna Bio will launch its seed treatment that leverages the power of extremophiles — bacteria that can make plants more resilient to extreme conditions.
Plus: alt-cheesemakers raise new funds, delivery ‘bots head to college campuses, and IKEA strikes a deal with indoor ag startup Infarm.
The digital ag marketplace aims to bring fairer prices to restaurants and retailers and more profit to small and medium farmers.
General Mills invested $3 million more into regen ag, Lunchbox acquired another restaurant ordering platform, and Cox delved deeper into indoor farming.
Smoke & mirrors, not worth the extra cost: 50 US farmers speak out on carbon markets