News and Analysis on Global Ag Innovation, Investment and Sustainability
After almost a century focused on optimising established systems, the global fertiliser industry is opening its doors to start-ups, biologicals, AI and next-generation nutrient technologies. Jack Keeys, the International Fertilizer Association’s...
Citrus greening has destroyed Florida’s orange industry, but a recent EPA-registered RNA-based therapy delivery technology might be a major step in bringing back yields
As the agriculture sector grapples with increasingly volatile weather, rising input costs and pressure to deliver environmental outcomes, former Defra Secretary George Eustice believes it is time to rethink what agricultural innovation actually means
Nutrien continues to review strategic options for its phosphate business, as the ag supplier anticipates higher fertilizer applications in the fall
Farmers are optimistic about long-term expectations – less so on current input costs
Bayer sought to reassure investors on multiple fronts as stronger-than-expected second-quarter results, progress in containing glyphosate litigation, a lower debt outlook and ongoing efforts to strip out bureaucracy helped lift shares. But CEO Bill...
New trial data from Ag Novachem suggests Pangaea Booster™ can significantly improve the performance of existing insecticides against cabbage stem flea beetle and other key oilseed rape pests, offering growers another tool as interest in the crop begins...
Corteva Agriscience raised its full-year earnings guidance after a strong first half of 2026 driven by premium seed technologies, licensing growth and operational discipline. Yet shares slipped following the results as investors focused on...
FMC Corporation reported a Q2 revenues slide as farmers shifted from name brand to generic active chemicals to save money
BASF’s Agricultural Solutions division delivered solid volume growth and stable margins in the first half of 2026, but management warned that weak farm economics, generic competition and geopolitical uncertainty continue to weigh on pricing and could...
Oxford University spinout Moa Technology has raised £22.2 million in Series C funding to advance a pipeline of resistance-breaking herbicides and herbicide-reducing technologies. The company says the investment will support its vision to become the crop...
Bayer has launched MagicTrap 2 in the UK as part of a wider rollout across 14 additional European markets. While the company believes the AI-enabled monitoring platform is helping growers detect pest pressure earlier and make more informed management...
Nutrien tees up the launch of two canola hybrids at one of Western Canada’s largest agriculture show
Agri-biotech start-up BugBiome has picked up a £500,000 Innovate UK grant to develop a biological insecticide against cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB), marking the company’s expansion beyond aphid control and into one of UK arable farming’s most...
A recent study published in Weed Science by Cambridge University Press is highlighting the financial impact farmers could face switching from glyphosate to other chemicals
A project aims to help Europe coordinate its response to invasive plant pests as climate change and global trade increase risks to food production, biodiversity and pesticide-reduction goals
As Corteva prepares to separate its Seeds and Crop Protection businesses, a new herbicide discovery partnership suggests the future standalone crop-protection company will increasingly combine external innovation with its in-house R&D capabilities
Corteva Agriscience has struck a partnership with Swedish crop nutrition company Arevo to bring its arginine-based seed treatment technology to soybean growers
The launch of Ruveon reflects the changing realities of crop protection: glyphosate remains indispensable to farmers, but growing competition, legal risks and the rise of biologicals demand a different business model
A powerful El Niño weather pattern is building and could become one of the strongest on record, prompting warnings that fertiliser markets may face renewed volatility. While analysts say a repeat of the 2022 fertiliser crisis is unlikely, they caution...
Can cutting fertilizer tariffs be enough to help farmers manage rising input costs?
The June 2026 edition of AgNavigator’s Movers & Shakers column features appointments from Corteva, Bayer, Redox, SenseUp, and Agtegra Cooperative
A decisive U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favour of Monsanto owner Bayer is set to sharply reduce Roundup litigation risk, reinforce federal regulatory authority, and reignite global debates over glyphosate safety
KAUST spinout Terraxy has secured fresh funding from Aramco’s venture arm to scale its soil-regeneration technology, targeting land degradation and carbon storage across Saudi Arabia’s arid landscapes
Corteva and FMC Corporation are partnering to expand access to a dual-mode-of-action herbicide at a time when the former prepares for a Q4 spin-off and the latter seeks to pay down a $1 billion in debt
Supermarket giant urges cross-industry collaboration to move technologies from trial to scale, as cost pressures and supply shocks reshape fertiliser markets
Partnership highlights the industry pivot toward nature-based crop protection, with bioinsecticides emerging as a key battleground for innovation and growth
On the ground in Cordova, Alaska
Alaska’s kelp production is opening opportunities beyond fishing
Belgian agtech raises €12m as capital continues to flow into biological crop protection, with investors backing scalable alternatives to conventional chemistry
Start-up profile
Dutch agtech founder Peter Millenaar argues that conventional spraying misses up to 20% of crops – and says only plant-level precision will deliver the next leap in agricultural productivity
Corteva’s CEO and CFO discuss the company’s planned separation, opportunities in Latin America, and gene-editing opportunities
Fertiliser major trims production and capex amid volatile markets, while positioning biologicals as a strategic growth pillar
PepsiCo and Fertiberia are expanding a long‑term partnership to deploy green hydrogen‑based fertiliser across Europe, supporting more than 1,500 farmers as the food giant targets deep cuts to agricultural emissions in its supply chain
Will fertilizer volatility spur U.S. interest in biologicals?
Nutrien’s first-quarter results point to a fertiliser market stabilising under geopolitical strain, with record potash volumes and resilient retail performance helping offset continued pricing and margin pressures across nitrogen and phosphate
The nitrogen supplier is expecting unmet fertilizer demand in large parts of the Global South as India and China restrict exports
As UK campaigners call for a ban on glyphosate as a pre-harvest desiccant, pressure is mounting on regulators – and on the industry – to find viable alternatives. Yet while options exist, none currently match glyphosate’s unique combination of...
Farmers are feeling the pinch from higher fertilizer and input prices, driven in part from Iran war-induced volatility
Corteva registered growth in both its seed and crop protection business in Q1 2026 and anticipates minimal impacts from the Iran war
Start-up profile
A Swedish start-up promising near‑zero nitrogen leakage is betting that soaring fertiliser prices, stricter EU regulation and geopolitical instability will finally push farmers to rethink how nutrients are delivered to crops
Yara International chief executive Sven Tore Holsether has warned that the war in Iran risks removing up to 10 billion meals a week from global food production, even as the fertiliser major posted better‑than‑expected Q1 2026 results. While near‑term...
Syngenta Group’s first‑quarter results underline a steady shift towards a higher‑quality, innovation‑led agribusiness, with crop protection and seeds driving sales and margins even as FX headwinds, geopolitical tensions and trade disruption continue to...
BASF investors have given the green light to a planned carve‑out of the group’s Agricultural Solutions division, as first‑quarter results reveal how Middle East tensions and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are squeezing farmer buying power and...
Ag companies and non‑profits bolstered research efforts this month, including Redox Bio-Nutrients and The Land Institute hiring and promoting scientists to key roles
Bayer has become the first corporate sponsor of Norwich Research Park’s new BioTransitions programme, raising hopes that more UK agri‑food biotech start-ups will receive the targeted support they need to scale from seed funding to Series A – and avoid...
As Syngenta commits $130m to a new bioscience R&D hub in the UK, Dave Hughes – the company’s global technology scout – explains why digital science, biologicals and soil innovation will define the next era of agtech
Can digital tools help farmers spend less on fungicides without sacrificing yield? Agronomy firm Agrii’s latest host farm trials in the UK suggest the real value lies not in cutting chemistry outright, but in using better data to time applications more...
Bayer’s 2026 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting laid bare investor patience wearing thin over the Monsanto acquisition and US glyphosate litigation, even as CEO Bill Anderson pointed to early signs of operational progress. For agriculture, the message was...
Scientists in Sweden say they have taken an important step towards combating potato late blight, a destructive plant disease historically linked to Ireland’s Great Famine and now spreading more widely as climate change reshapes growing conditions.
Start-up profile
As peptides, dsRNA and other fragile biological actives move closer to market, Italian nano‑biotech Nanomnia believes growth will increasingly come from developers who need delivery to be enabling, not incremental