Bushel accelerates digital grain platform deployment with $7 million investment
In North Dakota, Bushel announced a $7 million private investment to accelerate its patent-pending digital platform for the grain industry. Launched in June 2017, Bushel...
Ceres Imaging raises $5 million to expand its agricultural imagery as a service business
In California, Ceres Imaging, an aerial spectral imagery and analytics company serving the agricultural sector, raised a $5 million Series A round led by...
Amfora announces technology to increase the protein in all crops
In California, Amfora Inc., a biotechnology company committed to improving the nutritional content of food and feed crops, announced a major new program to...
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...
TerraVia, Bunge and BioMar expand distribution of AlgaPrime DHA for aquaculture feed
In California, TerraVia, Bunge Limited and BioMar Group expanded their AlgaPrime DHA distribution agreement to increase availability at scale to salmon farmers and other...
Virus Resistant Cassava for Africa Plus consortium receives $10 million Gates Foundation grant
In Missouri, the Virus Resistant Cassava for Africa Plus consortium of American, Nigerian, Ugandan, and Kenyan institutions received a five-year, $10.46 million grant from...
Purdue invents method of sensing underground moisture using communication satellite signals
In Indiana, Purdue University researchers developed a technology that can more accurately sense soil moisture below the surface by measuring the reflections of communication satellite...
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...
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...
AUM LifeTech and USDA develop non-GMO RNA silencing to protect citrus trees
In Pennsylvania, AUM LifeTech, in collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture, has developed a novel non-GMO RNA silencing approach for bacteria, insect...