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In The Netherlands, Louis Dreyfus Company, Shandong Bohi Industry Co., Ltd, ING, Societe Generale and ABN Amro completed the first full agricultural commodity transaction...

Enhanced soybeans with 36% more seeds, doubled nitrogen fixation: research

In Washington, Washington State University biologist Mechthild Tegeder developed a way to dramatically increase the yield and quality of soybeans. Her greenhouse-grown soybean plants fix...

PrecisionHawk and ADM partner to manage crop risk using dronetech

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Inexpensive soy protein seed coating enhances plant growth and development

In New York, Cornell researchers have shown multiple benefits to plant growth and nutrition when they investigated the effect of soy flour, a plant-derived...

Evonik and Royal DSM partner to produce omega-3 fatty acids from algae at commercial...

In Germany, Royal DSM and Evonik announced their intention to establish a joint venture for omega-3 fatty acid products from natural marine algae for...

Dow AgroSciences and Chromatin ink license deal for unique sorghum genetics

In Indiana, Dow AgroSciences licensed unique sorghum genetic stocks to Chromatin Inc., enabling Chromatin to launch new products in markets outside of the United...

Smithfield Renewables expands manure to energy projects

In Virginia, Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced the nationwide expansion of Smithfield Renewables and a set of innovative projects designed to help meet its goal to...

CBH and AgriDigital pilot agri-blockchains for grain handling

In Australia, the CBH Group is partnering with AgriDigital to explore the potential for blockchain and distributed ledger technology in the agricultural industry; in...

Jain Irrigation funds Agri-Valley and Irrigation Design merger

In California, Agri-Valley Irrigation, Inc. and Irrigation Design and Construction agreed to merge their businesses into a newly formed distribution company funded by Jain...

Agricool receives €4 million to roll out urban strawberry fields in shipping containers

In France, Agricool received €4 million to move their prototype Cooltainer into industrial production and deploy Cooltainers across metropolitan Paris. The results of two years...

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