Deere is investing in not one company but an entirely new way of doing crop protection and, ultimately, commodity farming.
Research finds that 80% of farmers cite input cost as the biggest risk to profitability; more are considering tools like precision ag and biologicals.
Aqua-Yield’s concentrated liquid products can be added to most spray inputs farmers use for crop protection and soil and plant health.
Soil biotech, food waste, and sustainable beverages were among the winning concepts Latin American agrifoodtech startups pitched to an audience last month.
With its regulatory process now complete, California’s LahakX readies its drone swarming and spot spraying tech for fields in California.
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.
St. Louis-based Peptyde Bio hopes to strengthen the power of bio-fungicides with its platform that designs and discovers anti-microbial peptides.
Enko will use the funding to advance its pipeline of crop protection chemistries that provide an alternative to outdate chemical-based products.
Ahead of its forthcoming Series B fundraise, the US-based company has landed $5.3 million in new capital for its phosphorus fertilizer additive.
With herbicide resistance on the rise, Moa Technology wants to “replenish the toolbox” available to farmers, says CEO Virginia Corless.
“We have additional insecticide candidates at earlier stages in our pipeline, as well as our first fungicidal candidates,” CEO Anna Rath tells AFN.
It’ll expand manufacturing capacity at its Florida facility to bring its ag biofertilizer product to more farmers across North America.
The Israeli company will further develop its smart irrigation tech API for smallholder farmers facing the impacts of climate change.
The Bay Area startup has unveiled its autonomous hardware and software tool for weeding, spraying, and crop modeling on the farm.
Startups developing biological crop inputs secured a total of $892 million in funding last year.
Greenlight Biosciences develops RNA products for agriculture and human health, including in the Covid-19 vaccine arena.
The Boston, US-based startup says its natural, microbial alternative to traditional nitrogen fertilizer is crop-agnostic, non-GMO, and cost-effective for farmers facing rising fertilizer costs.
The UK startup offers an AI-driven gene editing platform that uses CRISPR technologies to build more resilience in plants and better crop sustainability.
It seems counterintuitive that shorter crops can result in enhanced yields; but they are more resistant to high winds and other extreme weather events, writes Bayer’s Richard Lawrence.
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