by Travis Martin | Mar 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Financing farm financing. It’s not as confusing as it sounds. British agtech startup Breedr recently secured a £12M ($15.8M USD) Series A round of funding for its livestock management software—specifically to help develop and scale the app’s farm financing...
by Travis Martin | Mar 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Potato warts might be crossing the border… The USDA reportedly ended its trade spat last Thursday after Canada had previously halted exports of Prince Edward Island potatoes to the U.S. for consumption and planting in November 2021. Prince Edward Island potatoes have...
by Travis Martin | Mar 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Wings of a feather flock together. And unfortunately, so does the bird flu. Beaking news: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is very contagious among birds and it’s spreading fast across the eastern and central U.S. Since February, more than 13M chickens,...
by Travis Martin | Mar 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Bring it on, climate change. An irrigation tech startup is about to serve up another dose of high-quality H2Whoa. Show me the money: SupPlant, the Israel-based irrigation-tech company, just secured $27M in a Series A funding round led by Red Dot Capital. This boost...
by Travis Martin | Mar 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
The war in Ukraine is causing a specialty crop and oilseed scramble. Ukraine is the world’s top exporter of sunflower oil. Because of the escalating conflict there, the price of sunflower oil has increased by 64% last week alone, according to official data. The...
by Travis Martin | Mar 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Labor dispute negotiations at Canada’s second-biggest railroad have derailed, leaving workers locked out and sending supply chain shocks up and down the track. Canada Pacific Railway Ltd covers much of southern Canada and tracks as far south as Kansas City. They move...
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