
Precision ag player reborn as soil carbon market Boomitra; scores $4m from Yara, Chevron
The San Jose-based startup aims to offer farmers an easy, cost-effective route to measuring soil carbon and participating in carbon credits markets.
The San Jose-based startup aims to offer farmers an easy, cost-effective route to measuring soil carbon and participating in carbon credits markets.
Dr Robb Fraley, former CTO of Monsanto, has joined the board of directors at soil health diagnostics startup Trace Genomics.
Farmers that adopted soil health practices for at least five years saw net incomes leap an average $52 and $45 per acre for corn and soybeans respectively.
The Nature Conservancy has made a major commitment around advancing soil-smart farming – and it has realized that technology is key to achieving its goal.
The two companies have combined their crop science and soil health chops with an eye on the nascent carbon credits market.
US Farmers & Ranchers in Action identifies where the rubber meets the road for the financing and adoption of climate-smart ag.
The Brazilian firm’s AgVentures II fund now exceeds $25 million, with animal nutrition company Adisseo and US miner Mosaic leading the latest raise.
The Boulder, Colorado firm believes it can give the nascent carbon credits industry a boost by using hyperspectral imaging to make soil monitoring more efficient.
The outdoor apparel brand has sponsored a report which identifies the barriers preventing US farmers from adopting regenerative ag practices more widely.
The Emeryville, California startup has been developing biological analytics of soil DNA data to offer farmers crop protection insights and forecasts.
The funding will enable the Indian startup to take its rapid soil testing kit and analytics services to the country’s 130 million smallholder farmers.
Regenerative farming is nothing new. But today, many of its principles are more easily applied thanks to the development of new technologies.
The Soil Health Institute is partnering with Cargill and others to find out if adopting soil health practices can actually pay off for farmers.
Early Twitter and Uber backer Chris Sacca’s firm also invested in Australia’s Soil Carbon Co, which is developing a microbe-mediated method to sequester carbon.
Customized technology in areas like irrigation and soil mapping can decrease wasted resources and streamline time-consuming, complex operations.
The non-profit program backs growing companies solving key challenges in agriculture with up to $1 million in funding — apply by March 26!
Founded by thought leaders in soil health, the education and consulting organization recently appointed Walter Lynn Jr. as its new CEO.
From driving equipment to building a fence to stacking hay, there was always something new for Elyssa McFarland to learn growing up on her family’s grain and livestock farm near Columbus Junction, Iowa. Yet, the area that intrigued her the most was right under her feet.
Rodale is staking claim to the word regenerative with its new label and returning to organic’s original fundamental goals: soil, welfare, and social justice.
Could partnering with a nature conservancy like the National Audubon Society help define a domestic supply of regeneratively-raised beef amid a flood of meat imports parading as domestic products?