There’s No Business Like Drone Business

There’s No Business Like Drone Business

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…another drone company. Guardian Agriculture, a Boston-based startup, just deposited a batch of seed money from seed businesses. $10.5 billion from big-time players [Bayer, Wilbur Ellis, FMC] will help this startup bring digital farming...
Cashing In On Cover Crops

Cashing In On Cover Crops

Cover crops are ready for their time to shine, and one startup is doing its best job to make that a reality. At the intersection of plant breeding and genome editing, CoverCress has created a winter variety of pennycress that’s getting a lot of industry attention. And...
Amfora Plans to Pump Up Protein

Amfora Plans to Pump Up Protein

With a cool $6 million injection from Spruce Capital Partners and Leaps by Bayer, Amfora is inching closer to its goal of producing plants that pack a protein punch. The San Francisco-based food tech startup uses gene editing to make precise genome modifications to...
The Tesla of Tractors

The Tesla of Tractors

Monarch Tractors just got a supercharge with its recent $20 million Series A round.The international fundraising spree gives the four-year-old electric tractor startup a boost.And it wasn’t just the Tesla lovers of the world getting in on the electrification investing...
New Kid on the Livestock Block

New Kid on the Livestock Block

Farmers Business Network (FBN) is going all-in on animal health and nutrition.With this week’s acquisition of Prairie Livestock Supply, the independent farmer-to-farmer network also launched FBN Pharmacy and FBN Feed. The goal? Provide more choices for livestock...