AI in Brazil’s ag sector: The Yield Lab Latam taps into opportunity with forthcoming fund
Brazilian farmers’ heavy use of WhatsApp is laying the ground work for an AI agricultural revolution in the country
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USDA signs $300m agreement with Palantir to boost farm security with AI
AI company Palantir makes further in-roads in the agriculture sector and continues its works with the USDA
Syngenta turns to TetraScience to eliminate data silos for crop protection R&D
The crop protection giant is reinforcing its R&D pipeline by investing in the underlying technologies that support researchers
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From AI to quantum computing: Syngenta discusses digital ag strategy at World Agri-Tech
The seed and crop protection company is tackling digital ag from multiple angles – helping farmers plan their crop with Cropwise and bolstering its R&D efforts with quantum computing and AI
‘Unicorn ambition, global impact’: Heritable Ag’s dual mission to accelerate crop innovation
Brad Zamft says that AI‑accelerated crop breeding can slash R&D timelines and speed development of new varieties – and that building a scalable, breakthrough, profitable agriculture business is the fastest path to maximising impact
Agentic AI in the spotlight at World Agri‑Tech as industry grapples with new power dynamics
At San Francisco’s flagship ag innovation summit, excitement over agentic AI mixed with urgency around data quality, decision intelligence, and the shifting role of human expertise
Halter raises NZD $377m to drive global expansion as virtual fencing demand surges
New Zealand’s AI-enabled livestock tech unicorn hits US$2bn valuation and prepares for major UK, Ireland and South America launch
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Managing commodity volatility: Helios AI expands insights platform to help buyers
Commodity insights platform provider Helios AI is helping buyers make sense of supply chain volatility, whether it is climate change or geopolitical impacts
AI spraying start-up AgZen closes $10m Series B round with Syngenta’s support
AgZen’s commercial scale up continues, with the AI-based precision spraying company anticipating to cover 2 million acres in 2026 across three continents
Amatera banks €6M to turbo‑charge AI‑powered crop breeding
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
Resurrect Bio brings plant immunity back to life with AI‑driven gene editing
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
The next five years will eclipse the last 25: Steve McLean on agriculture’s defining decade
New UK Agri-Tech Centre CEO Steve McLean says the industry is entering a defining period that demands bigger thinking, harder commercial focus, and technologies proven on real farms, not just in labs
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Farmers & firefighters: Brazil’s ag sector works to stomp out fire threat with tech, collaboration
Brazilian farmers are working with the country’s fire authority to protect lands from devastating wildfires
SP Ventures hits $50m milestone for third fund, after ‘watershed year’ in 2025
SP Ventures is attracting global investors into its third fund – a tough fund for venture capitalists
Can agtech fulfill its promise? World Agri-Tech explores opportunities, challenges for the future
The role agtech can play in the future of agriculture will largely depend on investor appetite, farm economics, and government policy
Heritable gets $5M for AI crop resilience as Africa emerges as agtech’s next frontier
Heritable Agriculture, the AI-powered crop improvement start‑up spun out of Google X, has secured a $4.98 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance climate‑resilient crops for smallholder farmers across Africa and other low- and...
Gates Foundation-funded pilot empowers East African coffee growers to manage climate change with Helios AI
Helios AI is helping East African coffee growers determine how to grow and when to sell their crops, through a Gates Foundation-funded pilot project
‘Google Maps for plant science,’ How Foray uses AI, biotech to develop new varieties
Foray Bioscience secured a commercial partnership with tissue culture chestnut nursery West Coast Chestnut, as the agtech company seeks funding to further scale up its AI and biotech technology
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AI meets plant breeding: Heritable Agriculture and KWS target feed trait breakthroughs
A new partnership between US-based Heritable Agriculture and German plant breeding giant KWS aims to accelerate genetic improvements in feed crops using AI-driven gene discovery – unlocking nutritional and sustainability gains across the agricultural...
Start-up profile
Regeno’s AI-powered platform aims to simplify farm assurance and compliance
Spun out of Founders Factory and Nesta’s venture builder programme, UK-based Regeno has pivoted from helping small farms access subsidies to tackling the broader challenge of compliance and record-keeping. CEO Sven Poppelman explains how the company’s...
PepsiCo’s Digital North Star: How the CPG giant uses AI, agtech to secure its potato supply chain
PepsiCo did not just spend 2025 launching the latest on-trend snacks and beverages, as the consumer packaged goods (CPG) giant doubled down on its technological investments and innovation — all in effort to secure its supply chain
Investing in Brazil: How COP30 put the country’s ag sector ‘on the map’ in 2025
COP30 was a major branding event for Brazil’s sustainable ag sector, fueling investor interest in regen ag, AI, and digital farming
From reactive to predictive: How Ceres AI aims to redefine risk intelligence in agriculture
Global investment in agri-AI has surged past $1 billion annually, but beyond the hype, US-based Ceres AI wants to prove that artificial intelligence can do more than monitor crops – it can predict risk, transform insurance and lending, and help farmers...
Why Bayer is partnering with Elaniti to unlock soil microbiome insights
Bayer’s Crop Science Division has teamed up with UK agritech start-up Elaniti to harness the power of soil biology and artificial intelligence. The goal? To help farmers improve crop performance and sustainability by decoding the hidden signals in the...
World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit Mexico 2025
AI in agriculture: Why quality data is crucial to boosting adoption
AI is leaving a mark on agriculture, but the technology still has a ways to go before it is widely adopted
Bosch’s smart sprayer project promises precision weed control for UK cereal farmers
A project led by Bosch has successfully demonstrated how AI-powered sprayers can detect and treat Black-grass infestations with pinpoint accuracy – cutting herbicide use and boosting long-term weed control
Palantir unlocks supply chain efficiency for agrifood industry with AI
One of the fastest growing AI companies Palantir Technologies is untangling supply chain messiness, giving procurer and food producers actionable insight to drive their businesses
Source.ag secures $17.5M to scale applied AI for growers in CEA
Backed by strategic investors including Enza Zaden and Harvest House, Netherlands-based Source.ag’s latest funding round highlights demand for AI tools that deliver measurable, daily value to greenhouse operators
From dashboards to decision-makers: Will agentic AI usher in a new era?
As climate volatility and data complexity rise, agentic AI is emerging as a powerful tool to help agrifood businesses move from reactive to proactive decision-making. But scaling the technology comes with its own set of challenges
Prospecto’s AI-powered tractors aim to cut costs and boost sustainability in vineyards
Italian start-up Prospecto is embedding machine learning into agricultural machinery to help wine producers monitor grape clusters, foliage, and yields in real time – reducing input costs and enabling smarter, data-driven decisions
AI-optimised spraying: Corteva partners with AgZen to improve crop input efficiency
AgZen is helping growers save on crop inputs one drop at a time
Ecorobotix secures $150M to supercharge AI-powered crop protection
Precision sprayer Ecorobotix has raised $150 million across Series C and D rounds to accelerate its expansion into new markets, deepen product development, and advance its proprietary AI technology
Phagos secures approval to market personalized phage-based veterinary drugs in EU
French biotech raises €25m to scale AI-powered phage therapy
World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit London 2025
AI-powered plant breeding: How NoMaze is predicting climate change impacts on crops
Crop breeders are using AI to predict climate change impacts on plants and speeding up the process for developing new traits
‘The AI to action offer,’ Syngenta doubles down on Taranis partnership to empower ag retailers
Can AI bring work-life balance to ag retailers and farmers?
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Inside Syngenta’s Cropwise: How the ag giant is using tech to help farmers
Ag giant Syngenta continues to evolve its digital platform with the help of AI and partnerships
AI for crop engineering: Corteva, Profluent Bio partner to develop gene editing tools
AI continues to find a home in the agriculture industry, as a partnership between an industry leader and a start-up will create a platform for developing sustainable and innovative crops
AI to the farm: Nine start-ups join UK accelerator to reinforce agri-food supply chains
Digital Catapult’s latest cohort aims to future-proof the UK’s agri-food sector with deep tech innovation, tackling challenges from dairy forecasting to biodiversity monitoring
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AI-powered insights set to identify best vegetable varieties for growers worldwide
Syngenta Vegetable Seeds and Heritable Agriculture enter a collaboration to optimize commercial crop portfolios using AI
Will AI replace crop consultants? People are the ‘differentiator,’ Nutrien Ag says
AI is helping farmers make better planting and crop input decisions, but that does not diminish the role crop consultants play in helping growers
Sustainable September
Ag’s carbon market opportunity: How this start-up uses AI to analyse soil health
Soil in Formation (SIF) created a data platform to show soil’s ability to sequester carbon — a tool that can help develop the ag industry’s carbon market
Dutch AI tools give new clarity to greenhouse growers
Greenhouse growers will enjoy ‘unprecedented clarity into the physiological state of their crops’ after Dutch AI-powered horticulture specialist Source.ag launched new metric tools
The AI tech giving Coca-Cola an ‘incredible opportunity’ to tackle emissions at source
Earlier this year Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) announced a partnership with AI-driven plant breeding start-up Avalo. The project hopes to find sugarcane varieties that offer better yields from lesser quantities of water and fertiliser, explains...
Regenerative farming project tackles lack of credible data
The UK will be a pilot location for a Europe-wide project designed to validate and verify the impact of regenerative farming practices in potato production
Cargill deepens investment in Brazil’s booming feed sector
US agribusiness giant is set to acquire 100% of the operations of a Brazilian animal nutrition company
Aspen Ideas Festival panel discusses persistent hurdles to agtech adoption
S2G Investments, Kula Bio, GX Agriculture, and Breakthrough Energy representatives discussed how to enable agtech adoption, creating a more sustainable sector in the process
PLF pioneer SoundTalks plots growth after Boehringer distribution partnership winds down
SoundTalks continues to have backing of existing shareholders, illustrating a confidence in the company and the future of PLF, according to the CEO
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AI for crop optimization: BASF, Solinftec discuss tech at World Agri-Tech South America Summit
Companies from BASF to Solinftec are using AI to create on-farm efficiencies, reducing the dependence on fertilizers and increasing crop yields
Upskilling workers ‘essential’ to realise benefits of AI-driven farming, report says
The rapid expansion of AI applications in agriculture – particularly those collecting data and providing real-time advice – will significantly impact workforce needs in the sector, according to the UK-based Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture...
Commercializing phages: Inside three pioneering companies
As the global agriculture industry wrestles with AMR, tighter regulations, and the call for sustainability, bacteriophage-based solutions have emerged as a promising - but complex - alternative to antibiotics