Current Headlines

1. New Land Grant Research Detects Dicamba Damage From The Sky 7/9/2025

   Drones can now detect subtle soybean canopy damage from dicamba at one ten-thousandth of the herbicide’s label rate — simulating vapor drift — eight days after application.

2. Portugal Grants Vestaron Bioinsecticide Emergency Use To Protect High-Value Tomato Crops From Devastating Pest 7/8/2025

   Portugal has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for Vestaron’s groundbreaking bioinsecticide SPEAR® LEP, enabling farmers to protect tomato crops from devastating infestations of tomato leafminer (Tuta absoluta).

3. Planet Signs Partnership With Farmdar To Enhance Global Agricultural AI Analysis 7/8/2025

   Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced a new six-figure contract with Farmdar, a global agriculture technology company.

4. Thunderstruck Ag Unveils Razors Edge Concaves, Redefining Harvest Efficiency Across Every Acre 7/8/2025

   Thunderstruck Ag, a global leader in farmer-first agricultural innovation, today announced the official launch of Razors Edge Concaves, a groundbreaking solution engineered to deliver high-capacity, all-crop harvesting without the hassle of changing out concaves or cover plates.

5. Miraterra Acquires Trace Genomics Technology And Products To Unlock Measurement And Insights Across Soil, Plants, And Food 7/7/2025

   Miraterra, a British Columbia-based technology company known for unlocking measurement and insight across soil, plants, and food through breakthroughs in Raman spectroscopy, has acquired the assets of Bay Area-founded Ag-tech company, Trace Genomics Inc., including the full suite of Intellectual Property (IP), in-market products, and an analytical lab in Ames, Iowa.

6. Maxing Out Chemical-Free Crop Protection With dsRNAmax 7/7/2025

   A software package developed and validated at The University of Queensland can tailor safe, effective and chemical-free crop protection using RNA interference (RNAi).

7. New Initiative Seeks To Boost Climate Smart Agriculture In Africa 7/3/2025

   Rothamsted is partnering with the UK-CGIAR Centre and others on a new project that will focus on the climate adaptation preparedness of agricultural systems in sub-Saharan Africa’s savannah regions.

8. Agrilife Research Reimagines Citrus Greening Treatment Delivery 7/3/2025

   Texas A&M AgriLife Research is launching a multi-institutional study to develop and evaluate systems that deliver treatments to trees affected by citrus greening disease, also known as Huanglongbing.

9. The Potato Is Hungry For Purified Sewage Water 7/3/2025

   Due to climate change, farmers are increasingly facing water shortages. Irrigating with water from wastewater treatment plants could be a solution; it's available year-round. But is irrigating with sewage water also safe? Water technologist Erik Vriezekolk is taking the first steps to investigate.

10. Source Agriculture Invests In Hydrosat To Revolutionize Water Efficiency And Crop Yields 7/3/2025

    Source Agriculture Corp, a land acquisition and agricultural technology investor, is proud to announce its strategic investment in Hydrosat, a company dedicated to leveraging space technology to tackle global challenges in water scarcity and food security.