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Breadbasket Bottleneck
As the war in Ukraine nears the four-month mark, agriculture issues are still a major concern in Eurasia’s breadbasket. The good news :...
Jun 14, 2022


Agrotools Adds $21M to Its Toolbox
Add another tool to your AgTech tool belt. Agrotools raised a crisp $21M, bringing total company value to nearly $94M. The technology...
Jun 10, 2022


Farmers Got the Feels…and They Ain’t Good
There’s a storm a-brewin'. At least that’s what it looked like when the barometer tanked earlier this week. Or to be more accurate, the...
Jun 10, 2022


Ag Shipping Back on Track(s)
Keep your marketing and production input plans in place. ‘Cause rail shipping may finally be back on track . Late last week, the...
May 12, 2022


CRP Struggle Bus?
Sign me up. That was the attitude of many farmers who took advantage of the general Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) application...
May 5, 2022


Solinftec Snags Substantial $$$
A Brazillion dollars: Startup company Solinftec, which has headquarters in Brazil and the U.S., has raised $60M in an investment round...
May 5, 2022


Sea-rious Threats in the Black Sea
There appears to be even more risk to human lives and the supply chain from the Ukraine and Russia conflict. More Pacific: The Black Sea...
Apr 8, 2022


Farm Groups to CRP Acres:
Who’s down with CRP (acres)? Land under the Conservation Reserve Program could potentially ease grain supply tensions caused by the war...
Mar 29, 2022


Battle in the Breadbasket Rages On
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its fourth week, the humanitarian crises are mounting. And as the world watches, the state of...
Mar 18, 2022


Farmland Does A Double Take
Farmland is seeing double. Double digits in its value, that is. Upskie daisies: Farmland values increased a whopping 22% during 2021,...
Feb 18, 2022


Sensing Something Big
A long time ago, in a field far, far away, a farmer earned a premium for the higher quality grain found to be growing in the center of...
Feb 18, 2022


Food Chain Meets Blockchain
Blockchain technology isn’t just for bitcoin and cryptocurrencies: applying it to food traceability is closer than you think. How close?...
Feb 8, 2022


Walmart's Plentiful Investment
Everything’s bigger in… California? At least when it comes to funding rounds for indoor, vertical farming. Retail giant Walmart was...
Jan 28, 2022


Movers & Shakers: Janette Barnard of Merck Animal Health Ventures & Prime Future
Judging by her Instagram account, you might think Janette Barnard is simply a cactus connoisseur. But don’t let her love of nature fool...
Jan 24, 2022


Solar Bots for Soil Regen
Aigen’s carbon-keeping, weed-whacking robots just got an extra dose of fuel—and we’re not talking extra fun in the sun. After a $4M seed...
Jan 21, 2022


The Bird (Flu) Has Landed
Some fowl news about the most recent bird flu strain making its way around the world… On January 14, the first U.S. case of Eurasion...
Jan 18, 2022


TerraMagna Makes It Rain in Funding Round
TerraMagna of Brazil just made it rain in its most recent funding round. The startup secured $40M in debt and equity financing, in a...
Jan 18, 2022


U.S. Cucurbit Growers Getting Squashed
The American squash and cucumber markets might be in a little bit of a pickle, according to a new U.S. International Trade Commission...
Jan 18, 2022


California's Pistachio Clash-io
The plot is thickening in an ongoing battle between rival nut companies, with Touchstone Pistachios gaining a recent foothold against...
Jan 14, 2022


Biden Wages War on 'Meat Monopoly'
The U.S. meat industry had better raise its sleeve—because it’s about to get boosted. On Monday, President Biden announced the...
Jan 7, 2022
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