Land O’ Lakes will pay you $140,000 for your precision agriculture drone idea
In Minnesota, Land O’ Lakes, Inc. launched the Land O’Lakes Prize: Drone Challenge, a crowdsourcing competition to develop proposed solutions that enable scalable, autonomous...
Azotic brings natural nitrogen fixing tech to US
In the UK, Azotic Technologies has laucnhed its natural nitrogen fixing technology, Envita, in the US market. Envita is derived from a naturally occurring...
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...
CNH Industrial and Farmers Edge optimize farm productivity
In Canada, CNH Industrial N.V. and Farmers Edge, a data-driven agricultural decision-support system company, entered into a strategic digital agriculture agreement in which Case...
The Climate Corporation announces global expansion and a robust R & D pipeline
In California, The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company unveiled more than thirty-five research and development projects in its pipeline and announced plans...
DigitalGlobe and Vodafone release Sensing4Farming to increase farm efficiency
In Colorado, DigitalGlobe, a Maxar Technologies company, released Sensing4Farming, an Internet of Things product for smart, digital and precision agriculture. Created in partnership with...
The Climate Corporation accelerates farmer innovation with new partners
In Canada, The Climate Corporation added three new partners – SoilOptix, A&L Canada Laboratories Inc. and AgCon Aerial Corp. – to the company's Climate...
Pongamia to be cultivated in Maui as a sustainable, highly productive energy crop
In Hawaii, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. and TerViva plan to cultivate pongamia on 250 acres of former sugar plantation lands in Central Maui. Pongamia is...
Origin acquires Resterra to expand custom-developed precision agronomy services
In Ireland, Origin Enterprises plc acquired the Resterra Group for £11.4 million in cash with up to £4.8 million additional deferred compensation if specific...
Bury and forget soil sensors reduce fertilizer runoff
In Iowa, engineers at Iowa State University and the University of Florida are working on a new system of “bury and forget” soil sensors...