New process produces 500 times more avocado plants than all other methods
In Australia, University of Queensland researchers invented a method of supplying 500 times more avocado plants to industry than is currently possible. The new...
Monsanto licenses CRISPR platform for developing improved and sustainable crops
In Missouri, Monsanto Company reached a global licensing agreement with ToolGen, Inc., a biotechnology company specializing in genome editing, for the use of ToolGen’s...
Bayer and the Citrus Research and Development Foundation work to save the global citrus...
In North Carolina, Bayer and the Citrus Research and Development Foundation, a Florida non-profit supporting citrus growers, signed a research collaboration agreement to find...
Calysta’s FeedKind protein improves farmed shrimp weight and survivability
In Norway, Calysta, Inc. announced that shrimp fed a diet including FeedKind protein had equivalent or higher survival and growth when compared to shrimp...
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...
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....
India’s first pay-per-use farm services provider raises $10 million
In India, EM3 AgriServices, India's leading private sector farm mechanization services company has raised a $10 million Series B round from London-based Global Innovation...
Year round planting helps soil soak up water and reduce flood and drought damage
In Washington, the Union of Concerned Scientists released a study that shows farming practices that keep soil covered all year round can reduce the...
CBH and AgriDigital pilot agri-blockchains for grain handling
In Australia, the CBH Group is partnering with AgriDigital to explore the potential for blockchain and distributed ledger technology in the agricultural industry; in...
Australian agriculture gets a digital boost from CSIRO and Ruralco
In Australia, CSIRO and Ruralco partnered to ensure the latest digital technology, including drones and long-range sensing, is applied to Australian agriculture. Through a...