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By Editor, Global AgInvesting MediaPescadero, California–based leafy greens producer Hippo Harvest has closed a $30 million Series C funding round led by Cox Farms. The equity financing accelerates the commercialization of the company’s indoor-grown produce, supports the development of its next-generation robotic growing technology, and funds a 30-acre facility expansion in Hollister, California, which is currently in permitting.

California-based Switch Bioworks  has begun its first multi-state field trials in corn in the Midwest, testing engineere…

The results of a preclinical study led by UCLA Health researchers suggest that inflammation during pregnancy in mice can trigger autism-like brain and behavior changes in offspring, and that the effects may be rapidly but temporarily reversible in adulthood with a short-term dose of the immunosuppressive drug rapamycin.

世界农化网中文网报道：法国议会于本周二最终批准了一项紧急农业法案，允许在特定条件下使用两种已被法国禁用、但欧盟层面仍允许使用的农药活性成分——啶虫脒（acetamiprid）和氟吡呋喃酮（flupyradifurone）。

Rebuilding farmland and rebuilding the rural economy are “inseparable objectives,” according to The Rockefel…

By Autumn Demberger, Global AgInvesting MediaAgribusiness continues to grow as new agtech enters the space, commodity demands shift and grow, and investors look closely at things like sustainability, natural capital and more. And as agribusiness grows, so too do those behind the scenes, through active leadership, strategic thinking and innovation.

[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Plantik Biosciences.] Can editing the so-called “da…

[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Faraday Earth] Can a container-sized plasma reactor…

世界农化网中文网报道： 大豆红冠腐病（Red Crown Rot，简称 RCR）已对美国大豆生产构成重大威胁，并正从美国南方主产区向北蔓延至中西部地区。根据作物保护网络 (Crop Protection Network) 的最新统计，仅 2025 年一年，红冠腐病就导致美国大豆减产约 770 万蒲式耳（约合 21 万吨），损失量较往年出现实质性大幅暴增。