by Travis Martin | Jan 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
Some fowl news about the most recent bird flu strain making its way around the world… On January 14, the first U.S. case of Eurasion H5 avian influenza was documented in South Carolina by the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). It’s...
by Travis Martin | Jan 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
TerraMagna of Brazil just made it rain in its most recent funding round. The startup secured $40M in debt and equity financing, in a round led by SoftBank and Shift Capital. Background: Farmers don’t have much liquidity and often rely on commercial loans from their...
by Travis Martin | Jan 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
The American squash and cucumber markets might be in a little bit of a pickle, according to a new U.S. International Trade Commission report. Report findings show the domestic market share was sliced, after years of above-average imports of the products from Mexico....
by Travis Martin | Jan 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
At meatpacking plants across the U.S., it’s starting to feel a little too much like deja moo… Who could forget the early COVID outbreaks at meatpacking plants in 2020? Over the first two months of the pandemic, 22 plants closed. One report estimated 59,000 meatpacking...
by Travis Martin | Jan 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
Houston, we have a pest problem. According to the Agricultural Research Service, damages to agriculture by insects exceed $100B each year and account for an annual 40% loss of ag production worldwide. Small creatures, mighty damaging. Working out the...
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