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TerraBlaster raises $12.5m for real time NPK soil mapping at tractor speed

“We are quickly moving to a future where real-time measurements enable precise soil fertilization,” says cofounder and CEO Jorge Heraud.

Agtech

Deeptech

Jorge Heraud, CEO, TerraBlaster. Image credit: TerraBlaster

BREAKING: UPSIDE Foods terminates $50m bid for Believer Meats’ US site but “remains interested in the facility”

UPSIDE says it “remains interested in the facility and will evaluate next steps once the receiver outlines a new process and timeline.”

Alternative protein

Biomanufacturing & biologicals

Believer Meats' North Carolina site is “the first and only large-scale cultivated meat production site in the world" according to CEO Gustavo Burger. Image credit: Believer Meats

Century-old Keystone Cooperative joins Alloy Partners’ venture studio for animal, human and planetary health

The 20,000-farmer-strong Keystone Cooperative will bring “the real-world, practical side of the farmer” to the venture-building process.

Agtech

Livestock/animal ag

Can smarter surveillance help poultry farms catch bird flu earlier?

Agtech

Deeptech

Infected birds can shed avian flu viruses in their saliva, nasal secretions, and feces. Image credit: istock/arlutz73

Natural Capital gaining ‘increasing recognition’ from more institutional investors: report

Climate & sustainability

Investing

EDITOR'S PICK

dsm-firmenich takes Protopia yeast protein to industrial scale, targets fishmeal and whey

Alternative protein

APAC

Karim Kurmaly, PhD, director, single cell protein, dsm-firmenich. Image credit: dsm-firmenich

AgriFood Signals: Farmbot unearths fresh funding, Homestead Capital nabs $150m, Gates backs ‘HeatSmart’ cassava

IIF to launch its farm investment platform across Canada following new capital raise from Verdex

Mafix raises $5.4m to activate silicate rock into climate-smart fertilizer

Superbrewed Food expands beyond bulk protein with postbiotic launch

Alternative protein

Biomanufacturing & biologicals

Superbrewed Food to scale up biomass fermentation with manufacturing partner

Guest article: The field day is the new term sheet; how growers are vetting ag robotics for real-use application

Agtech

Artificial intelligence

Field Day for ag robotics Image credit: UC ANR Innovate

Pairwise sees ‘dramatic uptick’ in CRISPR licensing as gene editing moves beyond row crops

Agtech

Climate & sustainability

Ian Miller, COO, Pairwise 2 Image credit Pairwise

Quorn Foods’ UK retail recovery gathers pace, but foodservice ‘likely to get worse before it gets better’

Inside Nanovel’s bid to crack robotic citrus harvesting

Offbeast develops ‘world’s first’ beef-plant hybrid whole cuts

AgriFood Signals: Ranch tech startup Ranchbot nets $15m, Target hires chief AI officer, plant cell culture megadeal

Millow raises $2.3m, gears up for commercial launch of minimally processed alt meat

Swiss alt meat startup Planted scales fermented whole-cut platform, eyes B2B partnerships

From GLP-1s to biosensors: Inside Cornucopian Capital’s precision health playbook

GRAS overhaul: less onerous than feared, but legal battle likely

“Climate resilience” platform ClimateAi winds down operations

New FCC proposal could ‘retroactively ban’ some existing ag spray drones, warns DJI

Agtech

Policy & regulation

Rantizo DJI drone in action

Cultivated Food Labs advances faba bean hull-based cocoa alternative

Alternative protein

FoodTech

Joel Gfeller, president, Cultivated Food Labs Image credit Cultivated Food Labs

EDITOR'S PICK

Cultivated meat deep dive: After the crash, who’s still standing?

Alternative protein

APAC

Fork & Good CEO Niya Gupta and COO Patricia Bubner, PhD. Image credit: Fork & Good

BioScout raises $4.8m for early warning system for fungal pathogens

AgriFood Signals: Eatable Adventures launches accelerator, Ambrook raises $30m, LIVEKINDLY acquires Dalco

Plantible raises $35m in debt, equity, to increase RuBisCO protein production fivefold

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