New Meat Cooperative Planned in New Zealand
The New Zealand-based meat industry reform group, Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) has gained the backing of a major bank and is establishing NewCo, a new meat cooperative in the country. The MIE was established two years ago by New Zealand cattle producers concerned about poor returns. The cooperative, which will be open to all New
Read moreIsraeli-based agtech company, Forrest Innovations is Relocating to St. Louis
BioSTL, which in 2004 established the St. Louis-Israel Innovation Connection (SLIIC), created to attract Israeli tech companies to St. Louis, announced on June 5 that Israeli agtech company, Forrest Innovations, which is developing technologies to combat a bacteria threatening the citrus industry among other technological developments, is relo
Read moreGreenSoil Co-Founder Lays Out Plans for New $70M Ag and Food Tech Fund
Gideon Soesman Co-Founder & Managing Partner GreenSoil Investments By Sarah Day Levesque Gideon Soesman has a busy summer ahead of him as GreenSoil Investments, the company he co-founded along with Alan Greenberg, strive to raise capital for the first close on their third ag and food tech fund. &n
Read moreAgTech Provides Answers to Help Farmers Manage California Drought
Water conservation regulations for both urban and agricultural users continue to tighten as the drought in California marches on into another year. Throughout these past years, Silicon Valley, widely considered ground zero for tech development, including agtech development, has shown little interest in backing water conservation t
Read moreBrief: Russia Considering Leasing Farmland to Agricultural Investors for Free
Approximately 28% of Russia’s total farmland, or 56 million hectares, including 21.6 million hectares located in the Siberian federal district in central Russia, is not used for agricultural production according to data from the country’s Agricultural Ministry. In response, the Ministry has proposed leading state land to agric
Read moreWhite House Finalizes Ruling Clarifying Clean Water Act, Sparking Ag Industry Push-Back
On May 27, the White House finalized a rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers intended to strengthen the Clean Water Act of 1972, sparking concern and push-back in the agriculture sector. Originally known as the “Waters of the United States” rule, the rule is designed to
Read moreDrone Companies Launch Two Vertically Focused Investment Funds
By Lynda Kiernan Drone companies are not only developing and building unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), they are now investing in them as well, indicated by the launch of two separate early-stage investment funds aimed at drone startups. This week, Shenzhen-based DJI, the world’s largest drone manufacturer, in partne
Read moreChinese Dairy Industry Angered Over Australian Dairy Invasion Following FTA
The Chinese dairy industry is angry, and fearing that the finalization of the recent free trade agreement between China and Australia in December will only make a bad situation, worse. Currently, the 1,500 page agreement is being translated into Mandarin and going through the process of being “scrubbed” – when lawyers from Australia
Read moreManaging Drought Risk Through Transparency in Ag Investments [+VIDEO]
By Gerelyn Terzo Disque Deane Jr., co-founder of Water Asset Management, LLC, which oversees $500 million in assets under management across public globally and private investment vehicles in water rich agriculture with a focus on the Southwestern United States, addressed the conditions for water development at the recent in Global
Read moreCEO of Verdex Capital Talks Agtech Opportunity [+PODCAST]
By Sarah Day Levesque Michael Raymont CEO, Verdex Capital Agtech may be considered the only solution to a potential global crisis in food delivery, according to Michael Raymont, CEO of Verdex Capital, a new brand launched by Canada’s AVAC Ltd., that focuses on agtech investments. In a recent inte
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