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Heritable Agriculture has won a $5m Gates grant to develop AI-driven, climate-resilient crops for smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries.

2nd Nature, the developer of the AgWaste Portal intelligent upcycling platform, has announced the launch of its first portfolio of AI-discovered functional ingredients.

France’s competition authority cleared Greenyard–Eureden JV and the merger of cooperatives Terres du Sud and Vivadour.

The report highlights that the growth in exports was primarily driven by significant price increases in key categories such as beef and dairy.

ADM has announced a three-year extension of its partnership with Bayer to support soybean farmers in Maharashtra, India.

The Cultured Hub, a scale-up facility established through a joint venture between Bühler, Migros and Givaudan, has expanded its services with the addition of plant cell culturing capabilities.

US vertical farming company AeroFarms said it has secured funding to continue operations, following the announcement of its closure last week.

US-based vertical farming company AeroFarms has revealed it will be ceasing operations and closing its site in Virginia, resulting in a termination of the company’s 173-strong workforce.

Arsira Thumaprudti, head of business development at Acclym, explains how farmers can unlock the power of Regenerative Agriculture to avoid supply chain issues, create a more reliable food system and help the environment recover.

Onnu has entered a strategic partnership with ReGenEarth to supply technology and engineering for a new integrated anaerobic digestion (AD) and pyrolysis project at ReGenEarth’s Sedgefield site at Hope Farm, a 3,500 acre dairy operation that supplies milk to Arla.

Mars Food & Nutrition has announced a $20 million investment in sustainable rice sourcing over the next decade, through its Raising Rice Right platform.

Fresh Del Monte, one of the world’s largest vertically integrated fresh produce companies, has entered into a long-term sourcing partnership with Thaco Agri, the agricultural division of Vietnam’s Thaco Group.