Taranis acquires Mavrx to combine ultra-high resolution aerial imagery with artificial intelligence
In Israel, Taranis, a leader in high-resolution agriculture aerial imagery and deep learning, acquired Mavrx, one of the world’s leading agriculture aerial imagery providers....
PrecisionHawk and Leonardo partner to automatically detect nitrogen levels in drone imagery
In North Carolina, PrecisionHawk, a leading aerial data company, and Leonardo, a multinational high-tech security company, have collaborated to deliver to customers a new...
The Earth BioGenome Project to sequence more than 1.5 million species
In Maryland, the U.S. Department of Agriculture partnered in the Earth BioGenome Project, biology's version of the moonshot, to yield new agriculture solutions. EBP...
Agri-food innovation in Ontario gets a $713 million boost
In Canada, the Ontario provincial government will invest up to $713 million toward a unique agreement between the University of Guelph and the Ontario...
NASA soil moisture data helps map the amount of water in soils worldwide
In Maryland, data from the first NASA satellite mission dedicated to measuring the water content of soils is now being used operationally by the...
Pivot Bio trials nitrogen-producing microbes in the Corn Belt
In California, Pivot Bio and farmers in the company's Intent to Pivot program across the Corn Belt are beta-testing the first sustainable source of...
DuPont Pioneer and Evogene focus on microbiome-based seed treatments
In Iowa and Israel, DuPont Pioneer and Evogene Ltd announced a multiyear collaboration that includes the research and development of microbiome-based seed treatments in...
First complete genome editing system launched by Benson Hill Biosystems
In the United Kingdom, Benson Hill Biosystems, an agricultural technology company dedicated to unlocking the natural genetic potential of plants, launched Edit, powered by...
Harvest machinery recognizes its surroundings for safer harvesting
In Germany, a new system for environment detection has been developed by Bielefeld University’s Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology and CLAAS, an agricultural...
Soil health gets $9.4M vote of confidence
In Washington, D.C., The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, a nonprofit established through bipartisan support in the 2014 Farm Bill, announced a $9.4...