CURRENT HEADLINES

• AppHarvest Acquires Agricultural Robotics And Artificial Intelligence Company Root AI To Increase Efficiency

  4/8/2021

  AppHarvest, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPH, APPHW), a leading AgTech company and Certified B Corp focused on farming more sustainably using 90 percent less water than open-field agriculture and only recycled rainwater, announced today that it has acquired Root AI, an artificial intelligence farming startup that creates intelligent robots to help manage high-tech indoor farms.

• Corteva Agriscience Creates New Carbon And Ecosystems Services Portfolio Focused On Making Agriculture More Climate Positive

  4/8/2021

  Corteva Agriscience (NYSE: CTVA) today announced the creation of a new Carbon and Ecosystems Services portfolio to develop innovative products and services.

• Synomics Unlocks The Power Of Biology To Accelerate Precision Interventions That Advance Food Production And Animal Health

  4/7/2021

  Synomics, a new business that can uncover deep biological insights from huge quantities of data to determine precise biological interventions to improve the yield and resilience of crops and livestock, has been formally launched by Wheatsheaf Group, the international investor in food and agricultural businesses.

• A New Natural Blue For Food Coloring

  4/7/2021

  Anatural brilliant blue coloring has been discovered by an international team of researchers including chemists at the University of California, Davis. The new cyan blue, obtained from red cabbage, could be an alternative to synthetic blue food colorings such as the widely used FD&C Blue No. 1. The work is published April 7 in Science Advances.

• The First AI Virtual Assistant For Sustainable Farming

  4/7/2021

  In the same way virtual assistants help us discover our next favorite song, Biome Makers has developed a software package that uses advanced machine learning to help farmers and agronomists pinpoint what their crops and soils need to boost yield in a sustainable way.

• NEOGEN Analytics Helps Food Processors Accelerate Data-driven Safety And Quality During Pandemic

  4/6/2021

  NEOGEN Corporation has made its NEOGEN Analytics environmental monitoring program (EMP) available to qualified food and beverage manufacturers for a full year, at no cost.

• NGen Supercluster Members Deploying New Technology Solutions For Food Processing Sector

  4/6/2021

  Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen), the industry-led organization leading Canada’s Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster, has announced a $3 million collaborative project, featuring over $1.4 million in co-funding, to develop and scale a novel production monitoring and optimization platform.

• Discovery Is Key To Creating Heat-Tolerant Crops

  4/6/2021

  By 2050 global warming could reduce crop yields by one-third. UC Riverside researchers have identified a gene that could put the genie back in the bottle.

• Enviro Tech Launches ReducX For The Dairy, Food And Beverage Industries

  4/6/2021

  Modesto, California, manufacturer Enviro Tech Chemical Services (ETCS) has introduced ReducX, its newest cleaning and disinfecting formula for food and beverage equipment and facility cleaning.

• New Animal-Free Solutions Join The Molecular Farming Revolution

  4/5/2021

  Moolec Science is a global Ag-Foodtech company with the purpose of improving the affordability of animal-free food solutions.