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The partnership will focus on developing an amplifier for a specific active ingredient, with Gowan making an undisclosed investment including upfront payments, milestone-based value sharing and royalties.

he Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI) has launched a funding initiative offering up to $2 million for projects using geospatial technology to tackle global food security and sustainable agriculture challenges.

Norwegian agtech company Saga Robotics has secured $11.2 million in equity funding to expand the commercial rollout of its autonomous agricultural platform, Thorvald, in the UK and US.

UK-based biostimulant developer SugaROx has raised £1 million in a seed round extension to accelerate field testing of its Trehalose-6-Phosphate (T6P) product.

BASF, Corteva Agriscience and MS Technologies have signed a trait licensing agreement to introduce BASF’s nematode-resistant soybean (NRS) trait into Enlist E3 and Conkesta E3 soybean varieties for farmers in Brazil.

Cropin has been awarded a €700,000 contract under EIT Food’s Impact Funding Framework to roll out an AI-powered initiative aimed at promoting regenerative potato farming across Europe.

Switch Bioworks has appointed two senior executives and moved into a new corporate headquarters and R&D facility in San Carlos, California, as it advances its biotechnology-based fertiliser development.

BioConsortia has raised $15 million from existing investors led by Otter Capital and affiliated funds, bringing total investment in the company to $95 million.