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Epicrop science adds epigenetic information directly to seeds of commercial varieties without adding genetic material, which could potentially change consumer perceptions.
The South African hedge fund plans to invest in farms and processing companies from a fund targeting returns of between 8 and 12 percent.
Google Ventures (now GV) also led the company's Series B round in May 2015, and has invested frequently in other data-driven agri companies.
Boragen will initially focus on mitigating fungicide resistance while reducing the overall amount of chemicals applied per acre of land.
The agreement gives the firm exclusive rights to market and service the brand’s evolving agriculture and turf products throughout Delaware, eastern Maryland, and southeastern Pennsylvania.
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Pope Resources subsidiary Olympic Resource Management has raised $388 million for its fourth timber fund, which will target acquisitions in the Pacific Northwest.
The debt investment backs the expansion of ETC Agro Processing India Private Limited's pulses milling operations in Kolkata, India.
The California Energy Commission will provide an additional $5 million in December 2017 for the execution phase of the project, but it will require a $5 million match from additional investors.
A new report from the FAO of the United Nations warns that agricultural yield gaps in lower-income countries are likely to widen further because public and private investment is concentrated in high-income countries.
The move marks a foray into the plant-based protein market for Maple Leaf, which up until now has sold meat products, from sausages to deli meat.
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