S2G closes $1B fund as investors double down on food and energy resilience
Growth-stage capital raise seen as validation of ‘missing middle’ thesis amid tough fundraising environment and rising geopolitical risk
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Resurrect Bio closes $10.3M Series A as investors back AI-led crop immunity
Oversubscribed round signals growing confidence in gene-edited disease resistance as seed majors seek alternatives to chemical crop protection
How Brazil became the epicenter for biological innovation, investment for the ag industry
Biologicals are big business in Brazil, and investors are taking notice
BASF scales up biologicals with new BioHub to boost resilience and flexibility
Fermentation facility at Ludwigshafen underlines strategic shift towards biotech crop protection amid supply chain and regulatory pressures
Growing pressures: China’s fishmeal demand likely to fall in third-quarter seasonal peak – IFFO
China’s fishmeal demand is likely to fall at its seasonal peak as high inventories and weak farm-gate prices curb restocking, while softer piglet demand adds pressure, says IFFO.
FMC agrees to sell India crop protection business for $252m as it reworks presence in market
FMC Corporation to sell its India business to Crystal Crop Protection in a $252 million transaction as part of a broader strategy to reshape its presence in the Indian market.