AeroVironment launches an integrated drone and analytics platform for enhanced farm decisions
In California, AeroVironment Inc. launched an integrated commercial drone information system that utilizes the Quantix drone and the AeroVironment Decision Support System. By combining...
ADM sells Crop Risk Services to Validus Holdings for $127.5 million
In Illinois, Archer Daniels Midland Company sold its Crop Risk Services business to Validus Holdings, Ltd. for $127.5 million. The deal includes a marketing...
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....
Phytelligence receives $6.95M to expand production and commercialize new fruit rootstock
In Washington, Phytelligence, an agricultural biotechnology company revolutionizing the way food crops are grown, announced the closing of $6.95 million dollars for expanded plant...
AgEagle buys Agribotix to offer food sustainability analytics
In Kansas, AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc., a precision agriculture drone imagery data company, acquired Agribotix, LLC, a drone-enabled software company that provides advanced imaging...
Robotic weeding system sees and removes weeds close to crop plants
In Arizona, to reduce hand-weeding labor costs, a University of California, Davis and Washington State University research team is developing and evaluating a precision...
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...
Indigo Ag raises $47 million to support continued plant microbiome investment
In Massachusetts, Indigo Ag, Inc., a company dedicated to harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet, announced the closing of its Series...
Marrone Bio Innovations receives EPA registration for new biofumigant
In California, Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. has received registration of a biofumigant from US EPA’s Biopesticide Pollution Prevention Division.
The biofumigant—dubbed MBI-601 EP— is...
Genetic Study of Soil Microbes May Offer Help for Climate Change
In New Hampshire, scientists at the University of New Hampshire received $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of...