Bear Flag Robotics automates common farm tasks
In California, Bear Flag Robotics closed a $3.5 million seed funding round to continue developing autonomous technology for farms, which will help growers lower...
Bayer donates global crowd-sourced plant data to promote sustainable agriculture
In Germany, Bayer and Quantified Planet, a nonprofit organization located in Vaxholm, Sweden, signed a licensing and cooperation agreement under which Bayer will donate...
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...
Kiwa opens microbial fertilizer research center in China
In China, Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group Corporation, a leading agricultural biotechnology company that develops and manufactures microbial fertilizers, inaugurated its new Kiwa-Yangling Ecological Agriculture...
Blue 365, a classroom effort by Microsoft and the National FFA Organization, launches nationwide
In North Dakota and Washington, the National FFA Organization and Microsoft Corp., announced their collaboration to bring innovative technology, science, research and entrepreneurship to...
XAIRCRAFT debuts agricultural UAVs in Japan
In Japan, XAIRCRAFT, the Chinese agricultural UAV company, launched its flagship UAV Plant Protection System P20 in the Japanese market. Japan is one of...
Church & Dwight buys Agro BioSciences for natural solutions to improve farm productivity
In New Jersey, Church & Dwight Co., Inc., the parent company of Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition, acquired Agro BioSciences, a microbial biotechnology company...
TerrAvion farm imaging service expands to Florida using airplanes, not drones
In Florida, TerrAvion began weekly low-altitude flights using high-tech imaging sensors to help growers spot plant health issues and irrigation problems before they impact...
Arable raises $4.25 million to mass produce field-level real-time plant and environment sensors
In New Jersey, Arable Labs Inc. closed a $4.25 million Series A funding round led by Middleland Capital’s agriculture technology fund and S2G Ventures....
HempTech’s SmartEnergy saves between 5 and 25 percent on controlled agriculture utility bills
In Florida, HempTech Corp. announced SmartEnergy, an advanced energy management and control product designed and customized for the indoor agriculture industry. HempTech is a...