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VP PJ Amini says the updated Ag Playbook 2.0 framework is meant to equip founders, not deter them, with clearer data on timelines, costs and development hurdles
UK agri‑biotech Tropic has closed an oversubscribed $105m Series C, the biggest raise yet for a gene‑edited tropical crops company, as investors double down on CRISPR‑enabled tools to boost yield, fight disease and strengthen climate resilience across...
Paris‑based start-up Amatera has raised €6 million to accelerate its high‑throughput, cell‑level breeding platform, aiming to slash the time and cost of developing climate‑resilient crop varieties
New plant‑monitoring technology that captures electrical distress signals in crops could give farmers a crucial early warning system against one of soybeans’ most destructive pests
A new partnership between crop‑protection heavyweight Certis Belchim and agri‑biotech specialist Elicit Plant aims to fast‑track a next‑generation bio‑solution designed to help potato growers withstand intensifying climate pressures
UK spinout says its organelle‑engineering platform could unlock traits not possible to achieve with nuclear genome editing, as investors back new crop development programmes across Europe and North America
With many farmers postponing equipment purchases and manufacturers cutting production, Kubota’s €6.5 million investment in Kilter shows where equipment makers still see near-term value: autonomy that reduces labour risk, slashes chemical use and offers a...
UK start‑up claims competitive edge in race for sustainable crop protection as it accelerates gene‑edited traits for soy, corn, wheat, potato, tomato, spinach – and soon cotton and canola
As Syngenta winds down paraquat production, industry voices warn it highlights the crop protection sector’s long‑standing failure to deliver genuinely new modes of action as weed resistance accelerates worldwide
Agri‑tech innovation is often synonymous with automation, robotics, AI and gene‑edited crops. But for many farming communities around the world, transformative technology looks very different. Sometimes it’s not an algorithm or a sensor, but a tool...