AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News & Deals
iGrowNews 132 episodes Nov 6, 2026
AgTech Digest is a weekly ten-minute briefing on deals, funding rounds, acquisitions, product launches, and policy moves shaping agriculture technology. Each Friday it covers who raised money, who bought whom, which inputs and machines cleared regulators, and what those developments mean for growers, input companies, and investors. The show draws on the iGrowNews newsletter and database. It is produced by iGrowNews and narrated with an AI voice from a human-edited script.
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The Andersons is paying $915 million for three ethanol plants, and half that is tax credits
Half of a $915 million ethanol deal isn't about ethanol at all — it's about federal tax credits.The Andersons, based in Maumee, Ohio, is buying Harvestone Low Carbon Partners from Energy Capital Partners for $915 million: three corn ethanol plants, two in North Dakota and one in Indiana, lifting capacity by about 215 million gallons to roughly 730 million a year. The cash is funded by about
A Tokyo seafood group bid C$804 million for High Liner Foods to secure its own North American shelf
A Tokyo group that controls access to roughly 26% of the Bering Sea Alaska pollock resource just bought itself a route onto North American supermarket shelves — for about C$804 million in cash.Umios agreed on October 26 to acquire Nova Scotia’s High Liner Foods at C$27.00 per share, an equity value of roughly C$804 million. Closing is expected in January 2027, subject to 75% shareholde
USDA opened an $8 billion farm fuel relief program with no crop insurance requirement
Four food-chain companies changed hands in seven days — and Washington put $8 billion on the table for farmers' fuel bills, with no crop insurance requirement attached.The USDA's new Harvest Fuel Relief program will make one-time payments for the 2026 crop year covering part of growers' modeled fuel losses, with payment rates for Title I commodities due in November. Alongside it, the agency
Greeneye cut non-residual herbicide use 81% across 500,000 acres and is now opening in Kansas
A decarbonization fund just bought the business of baling corn stover — and crop residue stopped being a by-product.Boston-based Ara Partners acquired a majority interest in Pacific Ag, founded in 1998 in the Columbia River Basin and billed as North America's largest crop residue supply and logistics company, for an undisclosed price. Pacific Ag harvests, stores and delivers corn stover and
Twenty Italian biomethane plants will each process up to 100,000 tonnes of farm waste a year
Farm waste just became a bankable asset class — and a robotic bee startup got funded by the orchards that will use it.Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners made the first investment from its Advanced Bioenergy Fund II, backing Via Verde's 20-project biomethane pipeline across Lombardy, Abruzzo and Campania in Italy, with each plant designed to process 60,000 to 100,000 tonnes of agricultural wa
Corteva's seed business just spun out as Vylor with a $19 billion crop pipeline
A $19 billion seed pipeline just walked out of Corteva and started trading on its own.Corteva completed the spin-off of its seed and genetics business on October 1, and it now trades on the NYSE as Vylor, led by CEO Chuck Magro from Johnston, Iowa. The company values its corn, soybean and wheat pipeline at $19 billion, plans 12 platform launches over the next decade — including the Xpedite h
A nuclear developer priced at $2.4B on Nasdaq in a week when three firms sold divisions
Three companies sold divisions, two merged into one, and the only capital moving at scale was debt — except for the reactor developer that walked onto Nasdaq at a $2.4 billion pre-money valuation.newcleo, the lead-cooled fast reactor and MOX fuel developer, closed its SPAC combination with NewHold Investment Corp III, raising $247 million gross and pushing total funding past $1 billion. It l
BASF hired four banks to float an ag unit with $11.1 billion in annual sales
In one week, two of the largest names in crop inputs decided they are worth more in pieces.Corteva's board approved distributing its seed operating segment into a new independent, publicly traded company called Vylor, ahead of an October 1 separation — with the seed platform already forecasting $500 million in North America wheat revenue by 2035, $1 billion by 2040, and roughly $500 million
The largest farm carbon deal ever signed covers 4.45 million tonnes across Kazakhstan
Agricultural carbon just stopped being a pilot project: two record offtakes landed in the same week, one of them 4.45 million tonnes.Agreena signed a seven-year agreement to sell 4.45 million tonnes of CO2e soil-carbon credits to an unnamed global commodity trading house — the largest publicly disclosed agricultural carbon deal to date. The credits come from a targeted 1.6 million hectares in nort
Seaweed feed cuts cattle methane by up to 77%, and Japanese investors just funded it
A seaweed additive that cuts cattle methane by 49–77% just took its first venture cheque — in the same week a single Brazilian sugarcane mill changed hands for $148 million.Adecoagro completed its acquisition of the Caarapó Mill from Raízen Group for approximately $148 million, folding it into the company's existing three-mill sugarcane-processing cluster in Mato Grosso d
The U.S. cattle herd is at its lowest level since 1951, and investors just put $27M behind the platform tracking what's left of it.
The U.S. cattle herd is at its lowest level since 1951 — and investors just put $27 million behind the platform tracking what's left of it.Consolidation defined the week. CropX Technologies acquired lab-analysis firm SCIO — its eighth acquisition since 2020 and its largest to date, terms undisclosed — while Indigo Agriculture spun its microbial crop-protection science out as a standalone company,
Mérieux NutriSciences, GrubMarket, Ever After Foods, SalMar, Mafix, Computomics, Above Food Ingredients, FarmRaise
A salmon farmer just got cleared to raise half a billion dollars in green bonds — collateralised, effectively, by 300,900 tons of fish.Norway's Financial Supervisory Authority approved SalMar, based in Frøya, to list NOK 5 billion (roughly $531 million) in green bonds on the Oslo Stock Exchange, backed by record 2025 harvest volumes. It is one of the larger debt raises to hit the sect
EW Group, Olmix, Ranchbot, Netafim, Varda Foundation, USDA, BASF Agricultural Solutions, Zoetis
Citrus greening has wiped out 95% of Florida's citrus production — and this week the EPA registered an RNA-based, non-GMO therapy to fight back.The week's lead deal came out of Europe: Germany's EW Group completed its acquisition of French natural-solutions maker Olmix from Amadeite and Motion Equity Partners on August 7, adding nine industrial sites and algae-, clay-mineral- and yeast-based biolo
Corteva, AGCO, Nutrien, Bayer, Biome Makers, Inari Agriculture, FMC, Terion, Ginkgo Bioworks, Semios, CIBO Technologies, Indigo Ag
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest developments in AgTech — the latest consolidation analysis revealing where M&A is reshaping the industry, Diane Holdorf on why nature-positive agriculture requires measurable farm-level data, Corteva and FMC posting strong earnings, Bayer and Ginkgo Bioworks partnering on next-generation biologic
Corteva, Nutrien, AGCO, AppHarvest, Benson Hill, Invaio Sciences, Semios, Pessl Instruments, Rothamsted Research
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech — the data ownership question and why farm data is becoming a power issue as AI gets embedded in agricultural decisions, Pieter Lommen of Delphy on why CEA projects fail before they buy their first climate computer, Bayer cutting full-year crop science guidance, Bowery Farming's IP
CasClear, CRISPR, and AI in Soybean Genetics: New AgTech Frontiers - Interview with Matt Begemann Interview
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyUnlock the future of agtech and CRISPR with this deep dive into the world of soybean innovation and next-gen crop defense! Matt Begeman, a key voice from Confluence Genetics, unveils how his team is driving breakthroughs in seed genetics and leveraging cutting-edge technologies like CasClear. From transforming the profitability and sustainability landscape for growers
Corteva, Nutrien, AGCO, AppHarvest, Benson Hill, Invaio Sciences, Semios, Pessl Instruments, Rothamsted Research, Bayer, FMC, Yara
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech — the data ownership question and why farm data is becoming a power issue as AI gets embedded in agricultural decisions, Pieter Lommen of Delphy on why CEA projects fail before they buy their first climate computer, Bayer cutting full-year crop science guidance, Bowery Farming's IP
Groupe Flore, Groupe Thomas Plants, Tecnosem, Kimitec, DVC Partners, Royal Berry, Dutch Berries, Rize, BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts,
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech — tariffs adding 8 to 23% to agricultural hardware costs and splitting the sector between those who localized early and those who didn't, a sharply divided earnings season with Corteva up and AGCO down 18%, three company exits including AppHarvest, Benson Hill, and Invaio Sciences e
Bayer, Pivot Bio, John Deere, Nutrien, Ceres, AGCO, Trimble, Headwall Photonics, Agremo, Scoular
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech — the H1 2026 state of play with $1.27 billion across 89 deals, Europe's first new herbicide active ingredient in over 15 years from Bayer, Pivot Bio's PROVEN 40 clearing EPA registration, John Deere's See & Spray surpassing 1 million acres, a WFFS strawberry virus spreading thr
Tropic, Rahan Meristem, Reservoir, Contain, Eurofins Agro Testing, Terraxy, Wa'ed Ventures, Africa Finance Corporation,
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech — Tropic acquires Rahan Meristem to become the first fully integrated banana genetics company, Reservoir makes its first ever acquisition to own the financial data layer, the US government links soil health to biofuel pricing for the first time, the Supreme Court rules on Roundup, a
Tropic, Rahan Meristem, Reservoir, Contain, BASF, ADAMA, Burro, Monsanto, Bayer, Syngenta, McDonald's, McCain, Ever.Ag, Coles Supermarkets, Eurofins Agro Testing, Terraxy
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech — Tropic acquires Rahan Meristem to become the first fully integrated banana genetics company, Reservoir makes its first ever acquisition to own the financial data layer, the US government links soil health to biofuel pricing for the first time, the Supreme Court rules on Roundup, a
CIBO Technologies, Indigo Ag, Flagship Pioneering, Terion, Ingredion, Nutrien, Sand County Foundation, Microsoft, Kellanova, Walmart, GROWMARK, NativState, Neeley Forestry Service, Vireo Growth,
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring Flagship Pioneering's merger of CIBO Technologies and Indigo Ag's Source business into Terion, a new neutral AI data infrastructure company, NativState's forestry carbon acquisition, Munters exploring an exit from food tech, FMC and Corteva's $200 million herbicide licens
AeroFarms, Goterra, Innovafeed, Leaf Agriculture, SWARM Engineering, Village Farms, ADM, Temasek, Bayer, Canada (government), Cibus, HiFe Plants, Nambawan, Orbia Netafim, Vanguard Renewables
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring an analysis of why CEA consolidation will keep accelerating with 32 failures since 2022, AeroFarms acquired by a family office with a commercial-first pivot, Goterra's collapse raising hard questions about insect farming at scale, over $90 million in fresh funding, Canada
Glyphosate Alternatives: Safer Weed Control for Farmers - with Frank Glatz - Managing Director, Contact BioSolutions
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyEpisode DescriptionIn this episode of AgTech Digest, Sepehr Achard sits down with Frank Glatz, an environmental entrepreneur driven by the vision of revolutionizing weed management in agriculture. Discover the intriguing story behind Contact Bio Solutions, a startup that evolved from health science innovations to pioneering one of the market’s most potent bioherbicide
Van der Ende Group, Hortispeed, Alpine Fresh, abbGrowers B.V., Munters, Optifarm, OCI Global, OCI Nitrogen, AGROFERT, Limagrain, European Investment Bank, Converge Bio, Gates Foundation, 701x, Ever.Ag
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! This week on AgTech Digest, we're covering May's consolidation wave — three acquisitions, a landmark 300 million euro EIB financing for Limagrain, and the first USDA and EPA authorized field trials of an engineered microbial fertilizer, all alongside the Purdue barometer hitting its lowest farmer confidence reading on record. Let's get started
TransFRESH, Chiquita, Hazel Technologies, Harrison Co., Elbit Systems FUSE, Bluewhite Robotics, Infinite Roots, Bosque Foods, FoodLabs, SOSV, Blue Horizon
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! This week on AgTech Digest, we're covering a wave of consolidation that swept the agtech stack — four acquisitions in five days across post-harvest tech, autonomous robotics, and mycelium, plus major new product launches and a $200M greenhouse investment in Mexico. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:Acquisitio
URUS Group, EIB, BNP Paribas, Resurrect Bio, Corteva, Infinite Acres, FAO
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring Oman's rise as the MENA region's most active agricultural market, Egypt's $15 billion New Delta — the largest horizontal agricultural expansion in history — the FAO's food crisis warning tied to the Strait of Hormuz, URUS Group acquiring AgriWebb for global beef data, and
Oishii, SPARX Asset Management, Nomura Real Estate Development, MISUMI Group, Mizuho Bank, S2G Investments, Solum Partners, IFAD, Mitsubishi Electric, VeriGrai… Oishii, SPARX Asset Management, Apollo Agriculture, Kaleidofin, Corteva, Vylor
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring AI moving from hype to commercial reality, Oishii's $150M Series C tranche and S2G's $1B fund targeting the missing middle of agricultural finance, five AI precision tool launches in a single week from Mitsubishi Electric, VeriGrain, Doriane, GrubMarket, and BASF, a stron
FMC Corporation, Crystal Crop Protection, SKK Holdings, Rantizo, EY Brazil, MB Agro, Suterra, Vestaron, Bayer, bp, vGreens, Frutania, Durr Group, Christ Capital, VORNvc Management, MyEasyFarm, Geocledian, Corteva, Vylor, PepsiCo, TalusAg
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! This is episode one hundred of AgTech Digest — and we're marking the milestone with a packed week. In today's episode, we cover global crop trait developments and the rise of breeding factories, two nine-figure deals from FMC and SKK Holdings, Corteva naming its Vylor genetics spinoff, Bayer and bp's camelina biofuel alliance, PepsiCo's fertil
BTG Pactual TIG, Conservation International, Queensland Investment Corporation, BASF, Nutrien, Elite Agro Holding, LuLu Retail, eternal.ag, Grão Direto, Barchart, Halter, and Ever.Ag.
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring an analysis of 2025 precision ag funding that reveals a market split between late-stage winners and mid-stage pressure, BTG Pactual TIG's record $1.24 billion Latin American reforestation fund, Halter's world-first satellite-connected cattle collars, Ever.Ag's Everett age
Premier Tech, Inno-3B, Artechno, USDA, Palantir, Advanced Growing Resources, Pairwise, Ball Horticultural Company, Ridder, RED Horticulture, AgroPlantae, Kemin Industries, Grodan, Source.ag, Verdant Partners, Deere, AGCO, and CNH.
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring Blake Croegaert of Verdant Partners on the AgTech M&A reset and why 2027 is the restart year, the USDA's $300 million Palantir partnership to modernize farm services, Oman's $240 million food security portfolio, Premier Tech's entry into controlled environment agricul
Precision Agriculture Report 2025: Surprising Patent & Funding Trends
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyiGrow News - 2025 Precision Ag Intelligence Report - https://igrownews.com/precisionEpisode DescriptionWhat shook up the world of precision agriculture in 2025? In this exclusive deep dive, Harry Duran sits down with Sepehr Achard, fellow co-founder of iGrow News, to explore the striking trends and surprising signals from the just-released 2025 Precision Ag Intelligen
Deere & Company, Nestlé, Mars, xFarm Technologies, talabat mart, Agriodor, GEODASH, Fondaction, Dimitra, Pitch Lounge, Foodpreneurs Collective, CNH Industrial, Banco Santander, Elite Agro, McGill, Université de Sherbrooke, GEODNET, Soil Capital, ofi, ABRAFRUTAS.
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring the 2025 Precision Agriculture Intelligence Report on $668 million in funding and the autonomous stack race, Jon Trask of Dimitra on AI tools for smallholder farmers and EUDR compliance, Fondaction and Nestle's regenerative agriculture commitments, Agriodor's 15 million e
Fieldwork Robotics, Place UK, Littywood Farm, Monarch Tractor, UNS Farms, Syngenta, FMC, AgroLoop Hungary, TerraClear, Five Star Cooperative, Innov8.ag, Deere, and CNH Industrial.
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring a patent landscape analysis that reveals who really owns precision agriculture's future, Steve Mantle on Innov8.ag's Harvest Replay labor intelligence platform, two historic herbicide launches from Syngenta and FMC, Fieldwork Robotics raising 3 million pounds for autonomo
Interview Series: Giovanni Angiolini on GCC Food Security: Execution, Investment Discipline and the Future of CEA
📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyEpisode DescriptionIn this episode of AgTech Digest, we dive deep into the evolving landscape of food security and agricultural innovation in the Gulf region. Our guest, Giovanni Angiolini—entrepreneur, consultant, and representative of Dutch Greenhouse Delta—offers a firsthand look at the strategic shifts taking place as regional instability reshapes priorities.Giova
NDSU, CAAIN, Nature Robots, Bom Group, HX Agriculture, Gevo, La Zone Agtech, Ferme O Menu, Fermes Borea, DENSO, FoodVentures, CIBO Technologies, Ingredion, LettUs Grow, Casterra, Resource Innovation Institute, Arco Murray, and Vertical Harvest.
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring an analysis of how capital and consolidation are dividing the global crop sector, Rob Eddy on horticulture education for greenhouse builders, a $45 million NSF research award for NDSU, DENSO's agri-food acquisition, LettUs Grow's commercial-scale vitamin B12 breakthrough, and CIBO Technologies partner
Halter, Miraterra, Total Seed Production, Bayer, Agrim, Asia Impact Fund, Equinox Growers, Taylor Farms, Ecorobotix, University of Essex, Cauldron Ferm, Swegreen, Volta Greentech, Axel Johnson Group, Edible Garden, and Tetra Pak.
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring eleven funding rounds totaling $323 million and a 2026 year-to-date total of $946 million, Jim Kras on Edible Garden's shift into finished goods and ready-to-drink products, Halter's $220 million Series E for virtual fencing, Ecorobotix's $50 million US manufacturing pledge, and Volta Greentech's Euro
ICL, Solugen, Reservoir, Syngenta, Fresh Del Monte, Del Monte Foods, Frontera Ag, PlantSustain, Resurrect Bio, Corteva, Carbon Robotics, and LEBEC.
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring the farm labor crisis accelerating a $400 million autonomous technology wave, Julia Wilkinson on capital allocation for agriculture as foundational infrastructure, Solugen's $50 million organic nitrogen fertilizer raise, Syngenta's $130 million BioSTaR research center opening, Fresh Del Monte's $285 m
Interview: Afzal Hussain Mohammed Nakheeb
In this bonus episode of AgTech Digest, Sepehr Achard sits down with Afzal Hussain Mohammed Nakheeb , the visionary founder and head of strategy at T57. Together, they embark on a thoughtful journey through the complex world of food security, agtech innovation, and the hidden challenges faced by farmers around the globe.Discover why, despite producing more food than required, hundreds of millions
Tropic, Living Models, Ag Startup Engine, Cytotrait, KOMO Biosciences, Syngenta, Horticoop, 25:2, IBI Ag, ADAMA, AgroIntelli, and Artechno.
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring the ag-biotech sector's shift from code to factory infrastructure, Tropic's $105 million Series C for gene-edited crop scaling, Living Models' AI platform interpreting plant DNA, KOMO Biosciences and Syngenta's maize genome partnership, and the sobering reality of two industry bankruptcies. Let's get
Zoetis, Neogen, PlasmaLeap, Gates Foundation, Investible, Yara Growth Ventures, AgriPass, Bindbridge, Mycoverse, Orbia Netafim, Amazon India, AAFCO, OnTerra Systems, and Sollum Technologies.
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring February's industry state of play with over $91.4 million in disclosed funding, a conversation on dynamic LED lighting and the future of AI-integrated greenhouse systems, Zoetis' $160 million animal genomics acquisition, PlasmaLeap's decentralized fertilizer funding, AgriPass autonomous cultivation ro
Barings, Homestead Capital, Phatisa, Zaad Group, East Africa Seeds Group, Bayer, FMC, PlantArcBio, Helix, Pairwise, Wild Bioscience, Proxag, John Deere, Biosort, and Dutch Greenhouse Delta.
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring an analysis of CEA's shift toward industrial normalization, a conversation with Giovanni Angiolini on GCC food security and patient capital, a $300 million US agricultural credit program, herbicide resistance breakthroughs from FMC, genome editing licensing from Pairwise, and the Bayer and John Deere
IDB Lab, SP Ventures, Engazaat, Syngenta, FuturaGene, Resurrect Bio, Corteva Catalyst, Ginkgo Bioworks, Invaio Sciences, Kelly Hills Unmanned Systems, Kilter AS, Kubota Corporation, Mercy Corps Ventures, Salicrop, Bloemteknik, Ever.Ag, and T57.
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring capital concentration trends across staple crops and resilience-driven breeding since January 2025, major funding rounds for Latin American agtech and Middle Eastern infrastructure, gene-editing approvals in France and Brazil, and an interview with T57 founder Afzal Hussain Mohammed Nakheeb on using A
dsm-firmenich, CVC, Farm Credit Canada, Bayer, FarmX, Amos Power, Upside Robotics, Evogene, Google Cloud, Kula Bio, Bonsai Robotics, Circa Biotech, BemAgro, and QuicKart.
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring Europe's AgTech market realignment with over seven hundred sixty-five million euros deployed since January, corporate restructuring initiatives, and autonomous robotics advancements including FarmX's acquisition of Amos Power and Upside Robotics' seven point five million dollar raise. Let's get sta
GrubMarket, Carbon Robotics, RVO, Ecovia Bio, XAG, Verity, Bushel, Ever.Ag, Tidal Grow, AdeptAg, FGM, LettUs Grow, and QuBOOSTR.
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring GrubMarket's fifty million dollar raise at a four point five billion dollar valuation, Carbon Robotics' groundbreaking Large Plant Model trained on one hundred fifty million plants, and greenhouse decarbonization initiatives advancing energy transition in controlled-environment agriculture. Let's g
Bayer, Solynta, EW Group, Syngenta, AGRONOVA Biotech, Asfertglobal, Cropin, Heritable Agriculture, Barnwell Bio, Rovensa Next, FAUVE, Ecobloom, New Growing System, and North Carolina State University.
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring controlled-environment agriculture market maturity analysis revealing crop concentration challenges, Bayer's forty-five plus million Canadian dollar canola research investment, and strategic acquisitions advancing potato seed breeding and biological inputs platforms. Let's get started!Here’s a Quic
Syngenta, Koppert, MOA Technology, Phospholutions, Mycophyto, BioGraphica, Mission Produce, Calavo Growers, Tagros Chemicals, Bayer, Ammobia, Agvance, Arqivo.
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring Israeli agriculture market analysis revealing capital concentration and export focus, Hydrosat's sixty million dollar satellite expansion, and biological innovation partnerships driving protein-based crop protection and insect probiotics forward. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s
Syngenta, Koppert, MOA Technology, Phospholutions, Mycophyto, BioGraphica, Mission Produce, Calavo Growers, Tagros Chemicals, Bayer, Ammobia, Agvance, Arqivo.
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring carbon market evolution beyond credit volumes, the divergence between regenerative agriculture and carbon farming, and controlled environment agriculture's shift toward operational efficiency. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:Market Analysis: Carbon markets evolu
ADAMA, BASF, xFarm Technologies, ISFA, Hexagon Bio, AeroFarms, Ardabelle Capital, Trinity AgTech, GrowUp Farms, Sun Capital, Agreenculture, Supernova Invest, Future Food Fund, Unilis (Unigrains Group), CDotBio, Ginkgo Bioworks, Agricen, and Micropep Technologies.
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring market corrections and bankruptcies revealing structural challenges, biological crop protection innovations from Micropep Technologies, and strategic partnerships advancing fungicide development and sustainable farming practices. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:
ADAMA, BASF, xFarm Technologies, ISFA, Hexagon Bio, AeroFarms, Ardabelle Capital, Trinity AgTech, GrowUp Farms, AgreenCulture, CDotBio, Gofar and more!
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring strategic partnerships in crop protection, six million euro funding for autonomous machinery, and groundbreaking peptide-based biological solutions alongside major industry restructuring. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:ADAMA & BASF Strategic Fungicide Partn
TTA-ISO, FoodLabs, Farmers Edge, Case IH, Phoenix Manufacturing, Rovensa Next, Koppert, InEdita Bio, Veragrow, Provivi, Syngenta, Locus Fermentation Solutions, DENSO, DELPHY, and Egypt’s indoor farming market
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XAG, OpenAgri, CNH Industrial, Bushel Plus, Ancient Organics, Enko, Bayer Crop Science, Arevo, SynTech Research, Biotalys, CANNA, Agroz, SANlight, Cree LED, Sollum Technologies, and SOLASTA Bio
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring electric agricultural rovers and open-source data platforms, EPA-approved biofungicides and bio-based nutrition systems, and cutting-edge CEA technologies including humanoid robotics and dynamic LED lighting systems. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:AgTech: Elect
BASF Digital Farming, Just Climate, AgroStar, XAG, New Holland, PI Industries, Plant Health Care Plc (now PI AgSciences), Roquette, Cascadia Seaweed, CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency), Centuria Capital Group, Perfection Fresh, HIC Venture Studio
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring AI-driven crop management platforms, major funding rounds for climate-smart agriculture, strategic plant science rebrands, and controlled environment agriculture expansions. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:Plant Science: AI-driven gene-editing collaborations, a
Oyster Bay VC, Atrium Agri, Voltrac, Tractor Junction, Ceres AI, Pivot Bio, Amoéba–Syngenta, Valent BioSciences, Seipasa, Biocentis, FA Bio, Bayer, Indoor Ag-Con, Sollum Technologies
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring major funding rounds for autonomous vehicles and agricultural intelligence platforms, new nitrogen-fixing products and bio-fungicide partnerships, and breakthrough developments in carbon removal and soil carbon validation. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:Major A
Syngenta, Doktar, Trapview, DJI Agriculture, CLAAS, Origin Agritech Ltd., Shandong Shunfeng Biotechnology Co., Ltd., China Agricultural University, IBI Ag, Corteva Inc., The Trendlines Group, Bandera Capital, FirstImagine Ventures, Bindwell, General Catalyst, A Capital
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring Syngenta's new open platform for digital agriculture, major funding rounds for bioinsecticides and AI-driven pesticide discovery, and significant expansions in vertical farming and greenhouse automation. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:Plant Science: AI-driven g
Kula Bio, Ginkgo Bioworks, Bayer, Pairwise, International Rice Research Institute, Arevo, Industrifonden, Fort Knox Förvaring AB,
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring new funding for microbial nitrogen and AI platforms, gene editing licenses for climate-resilient rice, and the contrasting realities of CEA expansion and market exits. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:Plant Science: New funding rounds for Kula Bio, Ginkgo Biowork
Agtonomy, DBL Partners, Nuveen, California AgTech Alliance, UC ANR, CDFA, GO-Biz, Fieldwork Robotics
Welcome back, listeners! In today’s episode, we dive into breakthroughs in agricultural automation, AI-driven crop management, and plant-science innovation, plus exciting new partnerships and climate-resilience initiatives. Let’s get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:AgTech & Automation: Agtonomy raises eighteen million; California AgTech Alliance launches innovation p
EagleNXT, Agtonomy, AgZen, HGS BioScience, Amoéba, Sumitomo, Micropep, Plant Health Care, HowGood, Rainbow North America, and KUBO
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring advanced sensor technologies, autonomous platforms, regulatory approvals for biocontrol products, and international greenhouse partnerships. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:AgTech & Automation: EagleNXT launches RedEdge-P drone sensor; Agtonomy expands globa
Ecorobotix, BASF, Treefera, Little Leaf Farms, and Wild Bioscience
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring AI-powered precision spraying technology, record-breaking CEA facility expansions, and groundbreaking natural crop protection platforms. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:Precision Agriculture: Ecorobotix raises one hundred fifty million dollars for AI-powered pre
Syngenta Crop Protection, Taranis, Profluent Bio, Corteva, The James Hutton Institute, Scottish Enterprise, Advanced Plant Growth Centre, Crop Innovation Centre, Indigo Ag, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Grønt fra Nord, Agroz Inc., Harvest Today LLC, Viemose DGS,
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring strategic partnerships in AI-driven crop management and gene editing, new funding in controlled environment agriculture, and technology integrations advancing sustainable cultivation. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:Plant Science: AI-driven gene editing, crop ma
YLI, Terra Robotics, Aydi, SwarmFarm, Helios AI, Cibus, Corteva, NRGene, WisdomTree, EF Polymer, Silal, Greeneration, Burro, and Area 2 Farms
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring new accelerator platforms, robotics funding, AI-powered agronomy tools, and strategic partnerships in plant science and controlled environment agriculture. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:AgTech Updates: New accelerator, AI tools & major funding roundsPlant
NEXCOM, ZenaTech, Syngenta, Aphea.Bio, InnerPlant, GreenLight Bio, Bioceres, BioLumic, Forever Feed, Gooddrop, FarmBox Foods, Grodan, DTN, AGCO, and Genome BC.
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring edge AI systems for autonomous farming, biological crop protection advances, and controlled environment agriculture innovations. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:AgTech & Precision Agriculture Highlights: New Funding Round, New Acquisition & More!Plant Sc
Ecorobotix, Messium, La Zone Agtech, BASF, BIOWEG, PlantArcBio, PATS, Tidal Grow, Verde AgriTech, Row 7, Moleaer, Nasekomo, and INNOFarms.AI
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring precision spraying innovations from Ecorobotix, significant funding rounds including BIOWEG's sixteen million euro Series A and Nofence's record-breaking thirty million euro Series B, and breakthrough partnerships like Moleaer's global collaboration with Xylem. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snap
NeoFarm, Nutrien, Nitricity, GDM, MustGrow Biologics, Good Agriculture, QA Farmer, Hasfarm, Grow-tec, and Greener Pastures
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring robotic organic farming expansion, AI-powered farm management solutions, and major acquisitions in agricultural genetics and floriculture. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:AgTech & Precision Agriculture Highlights: New Funding Round, New Acquisition & Mor
Orchard Robotics, CropX, Merced AgTech Alliance, Land O’Lakes, UC ANR, Zone Agtech, NRGene Green, Redox Bio-Nutrients, Loveland Products, SynTech Research, Stepan Company, Bushel Plus, and AmplifiedAg
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring major funding rounds for precision farming AI and regional innovation hubs, breakthrough plant science innovations, and strategic partnerships expanding technology adoption globally. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:AgTech Highlights: New Funding, New Partnership
Monarch Tractor, The Reservoir, CLAAS, Razor Tracking, John Deere, Solinftec, Ecobloom, Aranet, Nature Fresh Farms, Revol Greens, INNOFarms.AI, Veggitech, LI-COR, Ceres Greenhouse Solutions, BDC Capital, Amazon, Arable, Biotalys, Moa Technology and Hylio
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring autonomous tractor innovations, strategic acquisitions in precision agriculture, and breakthrough controlled environment agriculture partnerships. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:AgTech & Precision agriculture Highlights: New Initiative, New Partnership &
PowerPollen, Singrow, NASA, Tidal Grow, Reservoir, John Deere, TGI, NC State, NEC, ClimateAi, Rimaco Greens, Zhejiang Smart Agriculture Park, and Hort Americas
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring AI-powered pollination systems, significant funding rounds, and breakthrough partnerships that are revolutionizing sustainable agriculture. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:AgTech Highlights: New Funding, Initiative & More!Plant Science Updates: New Investmen
Artechno, Philips Horticulture, Limgroup, BASF, Corteva, M.S. Technologies, LeafWorks, Proterra, AcreTrader, EBZ Group, Ecobloom, GreenLife, PB tec, CE-Line, Orbia Netafim, Saga Robotics, BinSentry, and AgEagle
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring innovative irrigation technologies protecting crops from heatwaves, major funding rounds like BinSentry's $50M Series C and Saga Robotics' £8.4M expansion, plus breakthrough partnerships in indoor strawberry propagation and AI-driven desert farming. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What
Local Bounti, Cropin Technology, Dole, MAVRK Capital, Rantizo, Protein Industries Canada, Solynta, Mars, Bloom Fresh, Village Farms, CEA Advisors, AeroFarms, Hort Americas
Welcome back! In today’s episode, we cover a wave of AgTech and agribusiness activity—from multimillion-dollar funding rounds and strategic rebrands to cutting-edge initiatives in regenerative farming, gene-edited crops, and controlled environment agriculture. Plus, we spotlight new partnerships, tech-driven innovations, and upcoming global events shaping the future of food and farming.Here’s a Qu
Vertical Future, AeroFarms, Sollum Technologies, Pacific Plant Nutrients, Bayer, Ambienta, NuCicer, Growers Edge, John Deere, DTN, Lindsay Corporation, Hesai, Agtonomy, Alpha Werke, Mars, Acres.com, AeroFarms
Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll explore the latest developments in AgTech, featuring strategic acquisitions expanding field testing and biological solutions, innovative product launches from tower monitoring to autonomous robotics, plus significant funding rounds supporting climate-resilient crops and breakthrough biostimulant technologies. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snaps
Bonsai Robotics, TriC Robotics, Unitree, Rabobank, Carlyle, GreenLife, Grodan, Néboda, Nature’s Miracle, Square Roots, Biobest, Vestaron, Solynta, NetZeroNitrogen
Welcome back, listeners! In today’s episode, we cover the latest in agricultural technology, including advanced spraying systems, major funding rounds for IoT and crop science, strategic expansions in phosphate production, and transformative developments in controlled environment agriculture. Let’s dive in!Welcome back, listeners! In today’s episode, we dive into the latest in AgTech, highlighting
Featuring Topcon Agriculture, Emergent Connext, GramikTM, AgEagle, Bayan-Mayani, Puna Bio, Itafos, Kemin Industries, Wayne-Sanderson Farms, Van der Knaap Group, Université Laval, Reinke Manufacturing, Big Idea Ventures, Regrow Ag, Embrapa, JBS, CIBO
Welcome back, listeners! In today’s episode, we cover the latest in agricultural technology, including advanced spraying systems, major funding rounds for IoT and crop science, strategic expansions in phosphate production, and transformative developments in controlled environment agriculture. Let’s dive in!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:AgTech Highlights: New Initiative, Fundin
Planet Labs, Farmdar, Saga Robotics, Bitwise Agronomy, Fotenix, INNOFarms.AI, Skyfield AgriTech, Evogene, ICL Group, Wilbur-Ellis, Above Food, Pivot Bio, Qore, Hort Americas, Hortiplan, Artechno Growsystems, Chambers Farm,
Welcome back, listeners! In today’s episode, we’ll explore the newest AgTech breakthroughs, including cutting-edge AI tools for crop forecasting, smart farming collaborations in controlled environments, major investments in digital agriculture platforms, and advanced solutions in plant propagation, seed development, and sustainable production. Let’s get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Ma
Ambrook, ZenaTech, Bunge, Kelly Hills, Source Agriculture, GDM, Terrana Biosciences, FMC, Agrobiomics, Syngenta, and The Reservoir, Flagship Pioneering, Terrana Biosciences, Cargill, Oasis Grower Solutions, Del Monte Foods, Little Leaf Farms
Welcome back, listeners! In today’s episode, we’ll cover major moves in AgTech and agribusiness, including significant funding rounds, strategic acquisitions, and innovative programs driving precision agriculture and sustainable crop protection. Let’s get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:AgTech Highlights: Acquisition, Funding Round, New Initiatives & More!Interview:D
Halter, Limagrain, Taranis, MyEasyFarm, Muon Space, Doktar, EarthDaily, The Reservoir, Protein Industries Canada, CDotBio, Symbiomics, BASF, AgroSpheres, Lucent Bio, Sollum Technologies, Grow-tec, Globalstar, Agoro Carbon, Anew Climate, ADQ, Naturipe Berry Growers, Pivot Bio
Welcome back, listeners! In today’s episode, we’ll explore powerful collaborations shaping regenerative agriculture, major funding fueling digital farming and satellite analytics, and cutting-edge innovations in biocontrol, microbiome technologies, and sustainable crop inputs—let’s jump in!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:AgTech Highlights: New Initiatives, Partnership, Funding R
Voltrac, Corteva, RootWave, Signify, CropLife International, BlueRedGold, Treetoscope, Nutrien, Syngenta, GB Potatoes, HCP Crop Protection, Amoéba, BioLiNE, EIT Food, Dutch Greenhouse Delta, BlueRedGold, Skytree, Algae Capital
Welcome back, listeners! In today’s episode, we’re exploring exciting developments in controlled environment agriculture—from upgraded smart lighting systems and global CEA collaborations to breakthrough funding for high-tech saffron farming and sustainable carbon capture partnerships. Let’s dive in!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:AgTech Highlights: New Initiatives, Collaboratio
LettUs Grow, HT Verboom, Water Garden Farms, Siemens, CEAd, Sollum Technologies, Optimal, TTA ISO, Artechno, Innovation Agritech Group
[SUMMARY]Welcome back, listeners! In today’s episode, we’re exploring major advances in controlled environment agriculture, including scalable aeroponics, solar-powered indoor farms, AI-driven greenhouse automation, and robotic harvesting innovations transforming sustainable food production.Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:AgTech Highlights: Acquisition, New Initiatives, Funding
The Reservoir, AGCO, Treefera, Ecorobotix, Kubota, Agtonomy, Complete Farmer, Protein Industries Canada, FMC Corporation, Koppert, Corteva Agriscience, Advanta, Wild Bio, Bayer, BrightFarms, Signify, Harvest House Partners, Source.ag, Bushel Boy Farms, Walmart, Lufa Farms
Welcome back, listeners! In today’s episode, we explore the latest in AgTech, from AI-powered tools and smart greenhouses to major funding rounds, strategic partnerships, and innovations driving sustainable farming, crop resilience, and precision agriculture across the globe.Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:AgTech Highlights: New Initiative, Collaboration, Funding Round & Mor
John Deere, Precision AI, Verdant Robotics, FarmQA, NEC X, Lucent Biosciences, Protein Industries Canada, Confluence Genetics, Benson Hill, Plenty Unlimited, Ostara, Bethnal Green Ventures, Phoenix Contact, HITS Solutions, Gevo, WSSA, Rabobank, TRACT
Welcome back, listeners! In today’s episode, we unpack a wave of breakthroughs in agtech—from precision drone systems and AI-powered tools to climate-smart fertilizers, high-protein crops, and the latest in vertical farming innovation.Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:AgTech Highlights: Acquisition, Investment, Funding Round & More!Plant Science Updates: Funding, Acquisition &
Flat6Labs, Green Desert Technologies, MOVA, Blooms, Brilliant Harvest, Silal, Shouguang Vegetable Industry Group, Enko, Pivot Bio, VGrid Energy Systems, Biotalys, AgroFresh, Super Growers, Emergent Connext, Microsoft, Cal.net, Ascent AeroSystems, AgEagle, Greeneration
Welcome back, listeners! Today we’re diving into AgTech breakthroughs from desert biomanufacturing to AI crop protection and compact mushroom farming reshaping sustainable agriculture. Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:AgTech Highlights: Investment, Funding Round & More!Tom Meade on How Enko Leverages AI to Enhance Crop ProtectionPlant Science Updates: New Products, Product Ce
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