Benson Hill validates CRISPR 3.0 with new patent
In Missouri, Benson Hill Biosystems received a new patent related to CRISPR 3.0 Cms1 genome editing nucleases, further expanding the company's suite of genomics...
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...
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...
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...
PartnerRe and Farmers Edge offer agriculture insurance customized to the farmer
In Bermuda and Canada, PartnerRe Ltd. announced an innovative deal with Farmers Edge that will help insurers to close the insurance gap among farmers...
Agri-food innovation in Ontario gets a $713 million boost
In Canada, the Ontario provincial government will invest up to $713 million toward a unique agreement between the University of Guelph and the Ontario...
Cargill and Cainthus bring cow facial recognition to dairy farms
In Minnesota, Cargill and Cainthus, a Dublin-based machine vision company, are reshaping how animal producers make decisions for their livestock through a strategic partnership...
PrecisionHawk creates the largest network of commercially licensed drone pilots
In North Carolina, PrecisionHawk Inc., a leading provider of drone technology for the enterprise, bought Droners.io and AirVid and will merge the companies to...
NASA extends work on space farming
In Nevada, Sierra Nevada Corporation received a contract modification to focus on the development of advanced bio-based life support and food production systems for...
Beta Hatch raises funds to scale up insect production for animal feed
In California, Cavallo Ventures, the venture capital arm of Wilbur-Ellis, announced an investment in Beta Hatch, a company industrializing the production of insects as...