Star Trek Tricorder inspired, technology detects GMOs in the wild
In Texas, Rice University scientists are leading an effort to detect genetically modified organisms in the environment. The researchers are building tools to detect, quantify...
Agribotix delivers timely drone data for Frenchman Valley Coop
In Colorado, Frenchman Valley Coop, an established leader in agronomy and agricultural products, is expanding its existing drone survey program for their growers by...
Improved farm productivity is the goal of GiSC, Main Street Data and IBM collaboration
In Texas, Grower Information Services Cooperative, the agricultural industry's only grower-run data cooperative, and Main Street Data, an agricultural data analytics company, joined forces...
USDA adds $100 million private investment fund for rural America
In Washington D.C., the U.S. Department of Agriculture launched a new $100 million private investment fund managed by McLarty Capital Partners. The new fund...
The Climate Corporation improves water-use efficiency with HydroBio acquisition
In California, The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company, acquired HydroBio, an agriculture software company based in Denver, CO. The HydroBio team will...
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...
New lightweight, low-cost crop robots coming to a farm near you
In Illinois, the TerraSentia crop phenotyping robot, developed by a team of scientists at the University of Illinois, is a new lightweight, low-cost agricultural...
The Climate Corporation announces global expansion and a robust R & D pipeline
In California, The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company unveiled more than thirty-five research and development projects in its pipeline and announced plans...
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...
FMC buys the portion of DuPont’s Crop Protection business to meet EC merger mandate
In Pennsylvania, FMC Corporation agreed to acquire the portion of DuPont's Crop Protection business that DuPont must divest to comply with the European Commission...