Filling the Farm Bill

Filling the Farm Bill

Roll out the pumpkin spice lattes, blanket weather, and football naps—it’s farm bill season! Welllllll, they don’t exactly tie together, but conversations are starting now regarding the next farm bill—and while we likely need to wait until midterm elections are...
Inari Receives $124M and Eyes Expansion

Inari Receives $124M and Eyes Expansion

Inari’s money tree is looking well fertilized with their newest $124M in funding. Their goal? To advance their multiplex gene-edited seed technology, expand product development, and deliver new value to the commercial seed market with their SEEDesign platform. The...
$18M to Make Carbon Measurements Easier

$18M to Make Carbon Measurements Easier

The USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities is making dreams come true for ag companies and organizations around the country. Last week, that partnership sent $18M to Yard Stick—a company that provides almost-instant carbon measurement, reporting, and...
Missouri Meets a New Kind of Longhorn

Missouri Meets a New Kind of Longhorn

There’s a new longhorn in town, and it’s got cattle producers’ attention. The Asian Longhorned Tick (ALT) has recently been discovered in northern Missouri. This problematic pest has spread across the U.S. since arriving in 2017—reaching from New England to the...
Survey Says…AgTech

Survey Says…AgTech

The growing unpredictability in agriculture—which was already unpredictable, let’s be honest—is pushing producers to new products and technologies, according to a new McKinsey survey. McKinsey surveyed 1,300 row crop and specialty producers in May to understand how...