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...
Land O’ Lakes selects UrtheCast for daily medium-resolution agricultural imagery
In Canada, UrtheCast Corp. and Land O' Lakes, Inc. announced a long-term agreement for GEOSYS, a Land O'Lakes subsidiary, to purchase geospatial data from...
With machine vision and lasers, robots take weeds out of the field
In Germany, a system using cameras and lasers on an all-terrain robot vehicle that can automatically identify weeds in a field and then weaken...
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...
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...
DSM acquires Amyris Brasil and establishes long-term manufacturing partnership with Amyris
In The Netherlands, Royal DSM purchased Amyris Brasil Ltda from Amyris, Inc. and established a long-term manufacturing partnership for Amyris’ high-volume products. Total consideration...
Sentera scales up with $14 million in new funding
In Minnesota, Sentera, a digital agriculture technology provider, raised $14 million in Series A funding to begin scaling the business to a growing market.
“Sentera...
Airbus launches U.S. base for commercial drone imaging start-up Airbus Aerial
In Georgia, Airbus launched its U.S. base and operations of a new commercial drone start-up, Airbus Aerial, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. With bases both...
Centaur Analytics decreases food waste in the post-harvest supply chain
In California, Centaur Analytics, Inc. raised $3 million in funding to accelerate the deployment of its Internet-of-Crops Platform and to expand its predictive analytics...
Bayer CropScience and SLANTRANGE evaluate multispectral analytics to improve crop yields
In North Carolina, SLANTRANGE, a leading provider of next-generation drone-based remote sensing, analytics, and data services for agriculture announced a Data Collection and Analysis...