War, pandemic, and climate extremes are causing “apocalyptic” food price rises that could “tip tens of millions of people… over the edge.”
Top Ag Biotech investment deals in 2021 covered gene editing, farm inputs, animal health solutions, and biofertilizers, among others.
Sound Ag claims the pilot could cover 3 million farm acres, reducing up to 350,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year, by 2027.
The biological inputs market is predicted to grow at a CAGR of 11.9% over the next five years, compared to chemicals’ 3.7%, according to recent market research.
AgBiome is using its intricate understanding of the plant-related microbiome to develop biological solutions to infections, insects, and nematodes.
The projects will complement BASF’s offerings in seeds, seed treatments, biological and chemical solutions, and digital services.
The Ontario-based startup is counting on nanotechnology to offer farmers the benefits of both traditional chemical-based inputs and newer biological products.
CEO Erik Fyrwald previously told AFN that Syngenta’s takeover by ChemChina “gives us the freedom for increased investment around seeds and crop protection.”
Although it’s interested in biologics, it claims farmers still need the high rate of efficacy that chemical agriculture has to offer.
We caught up with Brett Begemann in London recently to talk glyphosate, Bayer’s venture activities, digital ag, gene editing and smallholder farmers.
Adama is hoping to gain a stronger foothold in Peru’s agricultural market and to target large-scale industrial farmers with the acquisition.
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Asilomar’s chemical input can make yields from an average year of rainfall in major row-crop growing climates as high as if rainfall was ideal, says the founders.
South Texas farmers are reportedly racing to harvest crops before the imminent arrival of Hurricane Harvey on Texas’s gulf coast, Amazon is lowering Whole Foods prices, and more.
The UK spin out of pharmaceutical company Redx Pharma, is partnering with agrochemical companies to discover new ag chemical compounds.
Farmer Business Network’s new business line FBN Procurement, a service helping farmers to source ag chemicals at the cheapest rates possible, has raised some questions in the industry.
The Applegates have been inventing and building farm technology since they were nine years old and have now launched Praxidyn, an agtech startup.
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