by Travis Martin | Dec 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s a berry good day for Pairwise, a company inching closer to making berries seedless through their work altering blackberries’ and black raspberries’ DNA. How do they do it? Pairwise uses CRISPR gene-editing to remove or change the sequence of the genome so a...
by Travis Martin | Dec 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
For our readers living in the country, butter your buns and get ready for broadband because Land O’ Lakes is on a roll. Butter together: The co-op—more than 1,600 dairy farmers strong—rings in its 100-year-old birthday with a big $65B broadband funding win, part...
by Travis Martin | Oct 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Indian farmers have something much better than Amazon Prime. It’s a fast-growing, agritech platform startup called DeHaat. And it does a lot more than just get the products they need to their door. DeHaat just scored $115M in Series D funding, making it India’s...
by Travis Martin | Oct 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
The “ABC’s” of big grain agribiz are reaping the benefits of an increased demand for food and renewable fuels generated by loosening COVID restrictions. Here’s how their profits are stacking up: ADM: Archer-Daniels-Midland reported earlier this week that its...
by Travis Martin | Oct 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s time for some music to corn growers’ ears: After recent farm visits between USDA Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack and Mexican Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development Victor Villalobos, Mexico said it will continue to import GMO corn from the U.S. Mexico is full...
by Travis Martin | Oct 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Higher temperatures. Less water. Wildfire smoke. Climate change is getting the wine industry a little buzzed. Temperatures are an average of 2 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit higher than in 1980, according to weather records. Plus, the major wine regions in the U.S. are...
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