Inari raises $144M as investors back gene editing tech
Plant breeder Inari has secured significant support from new and returning investors as it seeks to redefine the seed technology landscape.
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Fermata gets $10M to build its ‘brain of ag’
Fermata, a Tel Aviv-based data science company specialising in computer vision agriculture solutions, has closed $10 million in a Series A funding.
Bayer eyes untapped crops to boost its biofuels strategy
Bayer has teamed up with the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel to jointly scale winter canola in the US as a biomass-based feedstock for renewable fuel. It is has also announced a deal with Canada-based Smart...
‘We were lean, mean and scrappy’ – what do successful vertical farms look like today?
We can’t ignore the failures, but vertical farm operators are finding success by focussing on high-value crops that command a price premium within niche markets.