How not to waste 18 showers’ worth of food this Thanksgiving
November 25, 2024
More than half of all Thanksgiving food waste in the US will be just two items, turkey and milk, says think tank ReFED.
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Farmers ‘more inclined than ever’ to repurchase trusted tech instead of chancing it on ‘something new’: report
November 18, 2024
Factors like age and attitude towards sustainable farming practices influence farmers’ purchasing decisions, says Boston Consulting Group.
Farmland marketplace CommonGround talks cash-lease insurance and going ‘back to basics’ as a company
November 13, 2024
CommonGround is staying laser-focused on its farmland marketplace and its recently launched insurance business.
Sponsored post: The innovator’s dilemma: why agbioscience innovation must focus on the farmer first
November 5, 2024
“Those innovators that are directly linked to the farmer and to the customer are the ones that are going to win.”
More than half of all cyber attacks in agrifood are ransomware, ‘any size’ business at risk, says threat intelligence group
November 1, 2024
“The opportunistic nature of cyber attacks, especially ransomware, means a company of any size is at risk.”
What’s driving ag robotics innovation? ‘Labor, labor, labor,’ say FIRA USA 2024 attendees
October 30, 2024
FIRA attendees agreed that ag robotics and automation will create more jobs for the industry, and typically better ones, too.
Danforth Technology Center launches startup to open new research pathways through metabolite analysis
October 28, 2024
Metablify officially launched this week out of the Danforth Technology Company, a subsidiary of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.
Carbon Robotics eyes new regions, products with $70m raise: ‘We’re focused very intently on the field’
October 23, 2024
Series D funding will go to a few different areas, including expanding availability of the LaserWeeder into new geographies.
Guest article: Farmers aren’t buying today’s ag robotics model. You shouldn’t either
October 11, 2024
Farm automation faces a trust and manufacturing barrier that investment money alone cannot overcome.
Enko Chem boss on biologicals: ‘We need as much innovation as possible to solve all the issues facing agriculture’
October 10, 2024
Jacqueline Heard discusses a new discovery capability for the Enko platform and what should happen next to progress crop protection.
Fresh off a funding round, Micropep discusses the promise of peptides for crop protection products
October 2, 2024
After closing a $40 million Series B, Micropep now looks to bring its crop protection products based on micropeptides to market.
Brief: Agrospheres lands additional Series B funding to ‘take a giant leap forward’ in bringing biopesticides to market
October 1, 2024
Funding will help further build out the Agrospheres platform, which manufactures, encapsulates and delivers biological pesticides.
Sponsored post: How ag robotics & automation startups should navigate the current capital crunch
September 25, 2024
Ahead of FIRA USA, agtech experts weigh in on the state of investment in ag robotics and automation, and what to do next.
Inside DIAL Ventures studio program: ‘The more time we spend on the problem, the faster we get to solutions’
September 13, 2024
The team at DIAL Ventures discuss creating companies based on current needs in agriculture, not “solutions looking for problems.”
Regenerative agriculture less popular ‘when it comes at the expense of consumers,’ says new report from Purdue
September 12, 2024
Consumer support for regenerative agriculture goes down when they are asked to shoulder the extra cost of doing it, say Purdue researchers.
Brief: Catalera BioSciences makes first close of Series A to speed up development of biopesticide products
September 11, 2024
New funds will go towards commercializing Catalera products and building out the product development pipeline.
SOLASTA Bio raises $14m, plans to commercialize peptide-based biopesticides in ‘half the time’ it takes for synthetics
September 11, 2024
SOLASTA Bio says its biopeptide products perform “as effective or better than standard insecticides.”
Grain bins are hazardous. Nebraska startup Grain Weevil aims to make them safer through robotics
September 3, 2024
Grain Weevil says its robot can make storing grain more efficient while keeping farmers out of grain bins and saving lives in the process.
ZBiotics raises $12m Series A for its ‘proudly GMO’ probiotics targeting gut health, hangovers and more
August 28, 2024
ZBiotics will expand its retail footprint as well as bring more use cases for its genetically engineered probiotics to market.
Deere leads HabiTerre’s $10m Series A first close to build ‘the global standard’ for sustainability metrics
August 26, 2024
HabiTerre will use the funds to scale up its environmental systems models that can analyze farming’s impact on the environment.
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