Bayer CropScience partnered with the Australia-based Grains Research & Development Corp to develop innovative weed management solutions.
Social impact investor AgDevCo has established the Lending for African Farming Company with the German development bank and debt provider Root Capital to provide sub-Saharan African farming enterprises with reliable access to finance.
The African development investment firm is investing $1.8m into the scheme through its Silverlands Fund.
The venture capital investment firm has invested in EM3 AgriServices, a provider of farm operations services aimed at increasing smallholder farmer productivity by 20%.
The UK's Aberdeen Asset Management has agreed to buy FLAG Capital Management in a deal that will double the assets managed by its private equity unit.
After Syngenta rejected Monsanto’s $44.5bn takeover offer last month, Monsanto has said it will keep pursuing the deal.
DJI and Accel Partners have launched the $10m SkyFund to invest in drone start-ups and more broadly across robotics and intelligent machines. Airware's Commercial Drone Fund follows suit.
Consumer-focused private equity firm sells minority interest in organic meat company.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang signed a trade agreement worth $27bn with Brazil, including planned co-operation in the agriculture sector, on Tuesday.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service will make $21 million available in Farm Bill dollars to help farmers and ranchers apply science-based solutions to mitigate the effects of drought.