Plants and fungi, living together, make plants more tolerant
In Sweden, researchers at the University of Gothenburg found that by developing a symbiotic relationship with fungi, plants not only become more tolerant to...
American farmland bee habitat gets a $4 million upgrade
In Washington, D.C., a $4 million, five-year commitment to restore and protect pollinator habitat across hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland in North...
TerrAvion and FieldX deliver high resolution aerial imagery to field agronomists
In California, TerrAvion, the largest volume provider of aerial imaging real-time data for agriculture, partnered with FieldX to launch the GeoNotes mobile app that...
AGRI UDAAN accelerates agricultural innovation in India
In India, the AGRI UDAAN – Food and Agribusiness Accelerator 2.0 was announced by ICAR-NAARM Technology Business Incubator, a-IDEA and Indian Institute of Management...
Enterra expands North American insect-based feed availability
In Canada, Enterra Feed Corporation is on track to complete construction of new facilities in Alberta in 2019, British Columbia in 2020 and the...
Cornell integrates its agriculture analytics platform with John Deere Operations Center
In New York, Cornell University became the first university to integrate its Ag-Analytics cloud-based application with the John Deere Operations Center. Ag-Analytics offers free...
Cannabis Wheaton invests $30 million to expand Ontario cannabis cultivation
In Canada, Cannabis Wheaton Income Corp. has agreed to invest $30 million in ABcann Global Corporation to fund the construction of 50,000 square feet...
Uni-orange robot-assisted orchard harvesting increases productivity by five times
In China, Uni-orange Design, an integrated industrial design solutions provider, unveiled a semi-automatic operations platform for orchards. Relatively small, the modular, robotic platform can handle...
$6.5 million helps FarmLead online grain marketplace enter the U.S. market
In Ontario, FarmLead received $6.5 million in investments led by Monsanto Growth Ventures and joined by Avrio Ventures, the MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund and Serra...
Farmobile and AmTrust Agriculture Insurance Services team to improve crop insurance
In Kansas, Farmobile, the farm data company, announced a strategic partnership with AmTrust Agriculture Insurance Services to leverage Farmobile’s data collection technology to build...