Seaweed pasta among pitches at Down Under agtech funding event
In Sydney, agtech start-ups aiming to solve the looming food needs of global population growth vied for funding at the Rabobank Farm to Fork...
Arysta licenses biostimulant from Beem Biologics
In Cary, North Carolina, Arysta Lifesciences has licensed a plant extract-derived biostimulant from Beem Biologics. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Field tests over the last...
Inexpensive soy protein seed coating enhances plant growth and development
In New York, Cornell researchers have shown multiple benefits to plant growth and nutrition when they investigated the effect of soy flour, a plant-derived...
Dow AgroSciences and Chromatin ink license deal for unique sorghum genetics
In Indiana, Dow AgroSciences licensed unique sorghum genetic stocks to Chromatin Inc., enabling Chromatin to launch new products in markets outside of the United...
ISOThrive prebiotic chicken feed supplement reduced salmonella infection by 99 percent
In California, ISOThrive LLC released research results showing a 99 percent reduction in antibiotic-resistant salmonella in commercially–raised chickens when their feed was supplemented with...
Danforth Plant Science Center develops PheNode, a farm-ready phenotyping sensor
In Missouri, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center researchers demonstrated the PheNode, a farm-ready, solar-powered environmental sensor and phenotyping station for crops. Able to monitor directly...
Farmers Edge and Blair’s bring precision agriculture tools to the Canadian Prairies
In Saskatchewan, Farmers Edge partnered with Blair’s Family of Companies to provide growers in the Canadian Prairies with an accurate view of where moisture...
WxAgrios integrates precision meteorology with John Deere advanced agriculture services
In Manitoba, Precision Weather Solutions created a set of solutions that integrate data from John Deere Field Connect through John Deere APIs into WxAgrios,...
USDA funds Bodkin Design to develop innovative UAV sensor for precision agriculture
In Massachusetts, a $100,000 contract from the U.S. Department of Agriculture was awarded to Bodkin Design & Engineering to develop a compact hyperspectral imager...
FAA grants Clemson a blanket license to fly precision agriculture drones anywhere in the...
In South Carolina, the Federal Aviation Administration granted a Blanket Area Public Agency Certificate of Authorization to Clemson University allowing Clemson to fly unmanned...