Pongamia to be cultivated in Maui as a sustainable, highly productive energy crop
In Hawaii, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. and TerViva plan to cultivate pongamia on 250 acres of former sugar plantation lands in Central Maui. Pongamia is...
NIFA will invest $17.6 million for organic agriculture
In Washington D.C., the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture authorized $17.6 million for research and outreach activities to support...
Land O’ Lakes selects UrtheCast for daily medium-resolution agricultural imagery
In Canada, UrtheCast Corp. and Land O' Lakes, Inc. announced a long-term agreement for GEOSYS, a Land O'Lakes subsidiary, to purchase geospatial data from...
DSM acquires Amyris Brasil and establishes long-term manufacturing partnership with Amyris
In The Netherlands, Royal DSM purchased Amyris Brasil Ltda from Amyris, Inc. and established a long-term manufacturing partnership for Amyris’ high-volume products. Total consideration...
Syngenta adds high-resolution satellite imagery with Farm Shots acquisition
In North Carolina, Syngenta announced it has acquired FarmShots, Inc., a North Carolina-based innovator of high-resolution satellite imagery that detects plant health by analyzing...
Monsanto taps Understory to provide hyper-local weather data for agricultural operations
In Wisconsin, Understory, the weather network, edge computing and machine learning company, announced an international expansion with Monsanto to provide on-the-ground insights into localized...
Airbus launches U.S. base for commercial drone imaging start-up Airbus Aerial
In Georgia, Airbus launched its U.S. base and operations of a new commercial drone start-up, Airbus Aerial, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. With bases both...
Bayer CropScience and SLANTRANGE evaluate multispectral analytics to improve crop yields
In North Carolina, SLANTRANGE, a leading provider of next-generation drone-based remote sensing, analytics, and data services for agriculture announced a Data Collection and Analysis...
Centaur Analytics decreases food waste in the post-harvest supply chain
In California, Centaur Analytics, Inc. raised $3 million in funding to accelerate the deployment of its Internet-of-Crops Platform and to expand its predictive analytics...
TechAccel and UC Davis team to improve wheat yield
In Missouri and California, TechAccel LLC, a Kansas City-based technology and venture development company, initiated a protein engineering research project with The Siegel Lab...