DuPont adds Granular to expand its digital agriculture ecosystem
In Delaware, DuPont acquired San Francisco-based Granular, Inc., a leading provider of software and analytics tools that help farms improve efficiency, profitability and sustainability....
Purdue partners with Aruba for field to data center agricultural connectivity
In Indiana, Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, and Purdue University’s College of Agriculture announced that they have joined forces to help develop and...
Farmers Edge and Blair’s bring precision agriculture tools to the Canadian Prairies
In Saskatchewan, Farmers Edge partnered with Blair’s Family of Companies to provide growers in the Canadian Prairies with an accurate view of where moisture...
Pivot Bio raises $70 million to grow more nitrogen-producing microbes
In California, Pivot Bio closed $70 million in Series B funding led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and includes Singapore-headquartered investment company, Temasek. This funding further...
American Robotics receives $1.1 million to develop its integrated commercial farming drone
In Massachusetts, American Robotics, a drone developer specializing in agricultural automation, raised $1.1 million in seed funding that will be used to further develop...
Gotham Greens grows urban greenhouse footprint to 5 states
In New York, Gotham Greens, a leading urban greenhouse developer and grower of locally and sustainably grown produce, received another $29 million to continue...
NASA extends work on space farming
In Nevada, Sierra Nevada Corporation received a contract modification to focus on the development of advanced bio-based life support and food production systems for...
Canndescent raises $10 million to expand cannabis flower production
In California, Canndescent, California's leading cultivator of ultra-premium cannabis, recently closed a $10 million Series B offering to finance the launch of new products...
The Sentera Omni drone captures simultaneous thermal, NDVI and high-resolution crop imagery
In Minnesota, Sentera, a leading designer and manufacturer of remote-sensing technologies for precision agriculture, announced that its Omni quadcopter can capture three distinct crop...
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...