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Mosaic Biosciences and Elicit Plant Partner to Advance Canola Water-Stress Solutions Across North America
By Editor, Global AgInvesting MediaMosaic Biosciences and Elicit Plant, a French agtech firm, have announced a joint development agreement to create a field-validated solution for canola (oilseed rape) growers facing water-stress conditions across North America.
BioScout Raises $4.8m to Expand AI-Powered Early Warning System for Crop Diseases
Australian agricultural technology company BioScout has raised A$6.75 million ($4.8 million) in seed funding to expand an artificial intelligence-powered system designed to detect fungal pathogens in crops before visible signs of disease emerge.
BioScout raises $4.8m for early warning system for fungal pathogens
BioScout—an Australian startup behind an AI-powered early warning system alerting farmers to fungal pathogens—has raised…
Strategic Portfolio Expansion: RMS Enters Pacific Northwest Timberland Market
By Editor, Global AgInvesting MediaOn August 5, Resource Management Service, LLC (RMS) announced its historic entry into the Pacific Northwest timberland market.
FMT Shows Promise for Peanut Allergy Tolerance in Phase I Trial
For people with severe food allergies, avoiding a trigger food like peanuts or tree nuts can mean constant vigilance. Approximately 8% of children and 10.8% of adults in the United States experience some type of food allergy. Even trace exposures can provoke reactions, and while oral immunotherapy can raise the threshold for some patients, the protection often depends on continued treatment and is associated with disease relapse in many patients. A new study suggests that another route to food tolerance may run through the gut microbiome.
UK Launches £20 Million Fund To Accelerate Farm Automation And Address Labour Shortages
The UK government has launched a £20 million funding competition to support the development of agricultural robotics and automation technologies, as it seeks to help farmers tackle persistent labour shortages and improve productivity across the country’s farming sector.
AgriFood Signals: Eatable Adventures launches accelerator, Ambrook raises $30m, LIVEKINDLY acquires Dalco
AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foo…
Actimed retrieves ALS drug after Faraday collapse
Why it matters: Actimed had previously retained S-oxprenolol only for ALS. Bringing the remaining rights back in-house broadens its pipeline options, although the drug has yet to enter clinical development.
Plantible raises $35m in debt, equity, to increase RuBisCO protein production fivefold
Plantible Foods—a startup extracting RuBisCO, a highly-functional protein from fast-growing aquatic plant lemna (duckwee…
