News and Analysis on Global Ag Innovation, Investment and Sustainability
The European Parliament’s adoption of new genomic techniques (NGTs) rules marks a decisive regulatory pivot towards a model long advocated by global crop giants, but NGOs warn the shift amounts to a backdoor deregulation of GMOs, setting up a new phase...
In this essay, Michael Lee, managing director at Syngenta Group Ventures, explores the mental “algorithms” guiding venture capital investment in agtech, drawing comparisons with biotech and public markets to argue for more disciplined valuations and...
Growers are grappling with tight margins and increasing labor expenses, but the Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act is helping to provide much-needed support and change
John Deere reveals updates to its model year 2027 8 Series tractors, two weeks after sharing updates to its 6 Series line
Tokyo-based start-up Terrafarm has raised around JPY100m (USD624,182) in seed funding to accelerate photosynthesis and robotics research as it targets its long-term goal of space agriculture
More insect protein companies are likely to fail as Goterra’s administration raises fresh doubts over whether waste-to-protein models can scale commercially, warns the Insect Institute
The New Zealand government and dairy industry have jointly committed NZD45.85m (USD26.57m) to a seven-year programme aimed at breaking a productivity plateau that has stalled the sector while accelerating environmental gains
ADM is expanding regenerative agriculture among 15,000 soybean farmers in India in a bid to improve supply reliability, linking soil health and farmer resilience directly to long-term sourcing stability