Oliver Morrison

The Danish start-up has raised more than €2.5 million to accelerate development of autonomous agricultural safety software.

Building on a tie-up announced in 2023, UAE-based agri-tech company Silal and Bayer are expanding their strategic partnership through a detailed memorandum of understanding.

By Oliver Morrison Last updated on Lockyer Valley Foods says this will be the first new fruit and vegetable processing facility to be built in Australia for decades. (Getty Images/Quirex)

Hundreds of U.S. Steel workers gathered in the frigid cold at the Clairton Coke Works Thursday to rally support for the company’s sale to Nippon Steel.

ADM, Cargill and Mars are boosting regenerative practices in pet nutrition in the US and Europe in order to cut emissions in the value chain and create premium products for sustainability-minded consumers.

By Oliver Morrison Last updated on The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit hit Dubai last week. (Getty Images/Leonardo Patrizi)

US-based Sound Agriculture has spun out its plant epigenetics platform and completed a $25 million extension of its Series D raise.

The most recent agtech failure highlights the challenges faced by carbon removal start-ups in scaling their operations and securing consistent revenue streams in a market with evolving regulations and uncertain demand.

Researchers have used machine learning to design a more cost-efficient insurance contract that could better protect farmers against weather risks arising from climate change.

Applying regenerative practices to US corn and soy farms could yield an incremental economic value of up to $250 billion, with potential annual returns of $20 to $60 per acre for the first 10 years, estimates new analysis from McKinsey. But significant up-front costs are involved.