Come Together, Right Now, Over Grain

Come Together, Right Now, Over Grain

Bushel, the Fargo, North Dakota-based grain trading platform announced Tuesday they had reached out to ADM and Cargill to say, “I want to hold your hand.” (figuratively) All you need is collaboration: According to the press release, Bushel has acquired the ADM/Cargill...

Pluton Raises Millions for Microbes

Pluton Biosciences is today’s microbe sleuth and they just raised $6.6M in seed money to take their operation to the next level. The natural product development company is devoted to unearthing new microbes to help combat climate change and replace man-made chemicals...
AcreValue Finds a New Home

AcreValue Finds a New Home

More often than not, life boils down to who you know more than what you know. Ag-Analytics would probably agree with that and might even cite it as one of the reasons they recently acquired the farmland research platform AcreValue. Crunching numbers: AcreValue serves...
Lending a Helping Herd

Lending a Helping Herd

Better pull out those shades. The future of the livestock industry is upon us, and investors are banking on it being a bright one. Cha-ching: Vytelle, the Kansas City-based precision livestock company is rolling in the dough thanks to a recent Series A funding round...
Intel for the Carbon Bandwagon?

Intel for the Carbon Bandwagon?

Intelinair is feelin’ fair after closing on a sweet $20M in Series B funding. Intel for ag: Former Dow AgroSciences CEO and current board member Tim Hassinger deems the startup a data analytics company focused on agriculture. The company’s AGMRI platform runs drone,...