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BASF Agricultural Solutions is investing €15 million in a new Climate Center at its Limburgerhof headquarters in Germany, strengthening its ability to generate scientifically robust regulatory data as crop protection approval requirements become more...
The UK government’s new £20 million farm automation and robotics competition has been welcomed by agtech innovators, who say public funding plays a vital role in moving technologies from prototype to commercial deployment. But companies also stress that...
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...
Agri-tech’s investment challenge is not a lack of innovation but a lack of value capture, according to Antony Yousefian, general partner at early-stage venture firm The First Thirty
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
Heineken UK is offering financial incentives for regenerative barley production as it seeks to futureproof its supply chain, strengthen environmental credentials and test whether regenerative agriculture can be scaled across its global brewing operations
As drought grips Europe, farming groups are warning of food supply risks and mounting crop losses. But while some are demanding greater financial support, others are calling for long-term investment in reservoirs, irrigation, water management and...
Foodtech accelerator Eatable Adventures is looking beyond the food sector for the next wave of agrifood innovation, launching a new equity-free programme aimed at helping start-ups apply technologies from industries such as healthcare, aerospace and...
Regions with world-leading agricultural industries cannot assume agtech start-ups and investment will follow automatically. A new study of eight Midwest states concludes that successful agtech ecosystems are the result of deliberate ecosystem building,...
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...