AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News & Deals

09:39

TransFRESH, Chiquita, Hazel Technologies, Harrison...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/05/29

📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! This week on AgTech Digest, we're covering a wave of consolidation that swept the agtech stack — four acquisitions in five days across post-harvest tech, autonomous robotics, and mycelium, plus major new product launches and a $200M greenhouse investment in Mexico. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:Acquisitions: TransFRESH buys Hazel Technologies, bringing Breatheway membrane tech into Chiquita's global supply

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13:26

URUS Group, EIB, BNP Paribas, Resurrect Bio, Corteva,...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/05/22

📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring Oman's rise as the MENA region's most active agricultural market, Egypt's $15 billion New Delta — the largest horizontal agricultural expansion in history — the FAO's food crisis warning tied to the Strait of Hormuz, URUS Group acquiring AgriWebb for global beef data, and CEA's strategic shift from leafy greens into berries and non-food applications. Let's get

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11:25

Oishii, SPARX Asset Management, Nomura Real Estate...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/05/15

📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring AI moving from hype to commercial reality, Oishii's $150M Series C tranche and S2G's $1B fund targeting the missing middle of agricultural finance, five AI precision tool launches in a single week from Mitsubishi Electric, VeriGrain, Doriane, GrubMarket, and BASF, a strong Q1 earnings wave, and an editorial take on why decision delivery is becoming the new competitive

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08:23

FMC Corporation, Crystal Crop Protection, SKK...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/05/08

📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! This is episode one hundred of AgTech Digest — and we're marking the milestone with a packed week. In today's episode, we cover global crop trait developments and the rise of breeding factories, two nine-figure deals from FMC and SKK Holdings, Corteva naming its Vylor genetics spinoff, Bayer and bp's camelina biofuel alliance, PepsiCo's fertilizer decarbonization move with TalusAg, and Cattler raising $2 million for AI cattle operations. Let's

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07:37

BTG Pactual TIG, Conservation International,...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/05/01

📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring an analysis of 2025 precision ag funding that reveals a market split between late-stage winners and mid-stage pressure, BTG Pactual TIG's record $1.24 billion Latin American reforestation fund, Halter's world-first satellite-connected cattle collars, Ever.Ag's Everett agentic AI decision engine, and eternal.ag's upgradable autonomous greenhouse harvester. Let's get

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08:04

Premier Tech, Inno-3B, Artechno, USDA, Palantir,...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/04/23

📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring Blake Croegaert of Verdant Partners on the AgTech M&A reset and why 2027 is the restart year, the USDA's $300 million Palantir partnership to modernize farm services, Oman's $240 million food security portfolio, Premier Tech's entry into controlled environment agriculture, and NASA and NSF-backed early crop diagnostics from Advanced Growing Resources. Let's get

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37:59

Precision Agriculture Report 2025: Surprising Patent...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/04/20

📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyiGrow News - 2025 Precision Ag Intelligence Report - https://igrownews.com/precisionEpisode DescriptionWhat shook up the world of precision agriculture in 2025? In this exclusive deep dive, Harry Duran sits down with Sepehr Achard, fellow co-founder of iGrow News, to explore the striking trends and surprising signals from the just-released 2025 Precision Ag Intelligence Report. From the surging impact of AI on product development—and the sudden vulnerability of

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08:17

Deere & Company, Nestlé, Mars, xFarm Technologies,...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/04/17

📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring the 2025 Precision Agriculture Intelligence Report on $668 million in funding and the autonomous stack race, Jon Trask of Dimitra on AI tools for smallholder farmers and EUDR compliance, Fondaction and Nestle's regenerative agriculture commitments, Agriodor's 15 million euro scent-based crop protection raise, and the Deere Right to Repair settlement. Let's get

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08:12

Fieldwork Robotics, Place UK, Littywood Farm, Monarch...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/04/10

📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyWelcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring a patent landscape analysis that reveals who really owns precision agriculture's future, Steve Mantle on Innov8.ag's Harvest Replay labor intelligence platform, two historic herbicide launches from Syngenta and FMC, Fieldwork Robotics raising 3 million pounds for autonomous raspberry harvesting, and the difficult exits of Monarch Tractor and AgroLoop Hungary. Let's get

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47:40

Interview Series: Giovanni Angiolini on GCC Food...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/04/06

📺 Watch on YouTube and SpotifyEpisode DescriptionIn this episode of AgTech Digest, we dive deep into the evolving landscape of food security and agricultural innovation in the Gulf region. Our guest, Giovanni Angiolini—entrepreneur, consultant, and representative of Dutch Greenhouse Delta—offers a firsthand look at the strategic shifts taking place as regional instability reshapes priorities.Giovanni shares how recent disruptions and conflict have thrust food security back onto national agendas,

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07:56

NDSU, CAAIN, Nature Robots, Bom Group, HX...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/04/03

Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring an analysis of how capital and consolidation are dividing the global crop sector, Rob Eddy on horticulture education for greenhouse builders, a $45 million NSF research award for NDSU, DENSO's agri-food acquisition, LettUs Grow's commercial-scale vitamin B12 breakthrough, and CIBO Technologies partnering with Ingredion on regenerative agriculture data. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s

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06:36

Halter, Miraterra, Total Seed Production, Bayer,...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/03/27

Welcomeback,listeners!Intoday'sepisode,wediveintothelateststridesinAgTech,featuringelevenfundingroundstotaling$323millionanda2026year-to-datetotalof$946million,JimKrasonEdibleGarden'sshiftintofinishedgoodsandready-to-drinkproducts,Halter's$220millionSeriesEforvirtualfencing,Ecorobotix's$50millionUSmanufacturingpledge,andVoltaGreentech'sEuropeanfeedadditivelaunch.Let'sgetstarted!Here’saQuickSnapshotofWhat’sMakingHeadlines:Overview:11companiesclosefundingroundstotalingapproximately$323M,bringingthe2026

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07:59

ICL, Solugen, Reservoir, Syngenta, Fresh Del Monte,...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/03/20

Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring the farm labor crisis accelerating a $400 million autonomous technology wave, Julia Wilkinson on capital allocation for agriculture as foundational infrastructure, Solugen's $50 million organic nitrogen fertilizer raise, Syngenta's $130 million BioSTaR research center opening, Fresh Del Monte's $285 million acquisition, and Carbon Robotics crossing $100 million in annual revenue. Let's get

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53:36

Interview: Afzal Hussain Mohammed Nakheeb

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/03/17

In this bonus episode of AgTech Digest, Sepehr Achard sits down with Afzal Hussain Mohammed Nakheeb , the visionary founder and head of strategy at T57. Together, they embark on a thoughtful journey through the complex world of food security, agtech innovation, and the hidden challenges faced by farmers around the globe.Discover why, despite producing more food than required, hundreds of millions still go hungry—and how T57 is tackling critical issues like food waste, market access for small

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07:45

Tropic, Living Models, Ag Startup Engine, Cytotrait,...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/03/13

Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring the ag-biotech sector's shift from code to factory infrastructure, Tropic's $105 million Series C for gene-edited crop scaling, Living Models' AI platform interpreting plant DNA, KOMO Biosciences and Syngenta's maize genome partnership, and the sobering reality of two industry bankruptcies. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:Analysis: The Seed Signal: ag-biotech's shift

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08:46

Zoetis, Neogen, PlasmaLeap, Gates Foundation,...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/03/06

Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring February's industry state of play with over $91.4 million in disclosed funding, a conversation on dynamic LED lighting and the future of AI-integrated greenhouse systems, Zoetis' $160 million animal genomics acquisition, PlasmaLeap's decentralized fertilizer funding, AgriPass autonomous cultivation robotics, and Orbia Netafim's water stewardship initiative with Amazon India. Let's get started!Here’s a

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08:58

Barings, Homestead Capital, Phatisa, Zaad Group, East...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/02/27

Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring an analysis of CEA's shift toward industrial normalization, a conversation with Giovanni Angiolini on GCC food security and patient capital, a $300 million US agricultural credit program, herbicide resistance breakthroughs from FMC, genome editing licensing from Pairwise, and the Bayer and John Deere precision agriculture platform integration. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making

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08:02

IDB Lab, SP Ventures, Engazaat, Syngenta, FuturaGene,...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/02/20

Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring capital concentration trends across staple crops and resilience-driven breeding since January 2025, major funding rounds for Latin American agtech and Middle Eastern infrastructure, gene-editing approvals in France and Brazil, and an interview with T57 founder Afzal Hussain Mohammed Nakheeb on using AI to fix fragmentation in the global food value chain. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of

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08:24

dsm-firmenich, CVC, Farm Credit Canada, Bayer, FarmX,...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/02/13

Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring Europe's AgTech market realignment with over seven hundred sixty-five million euros deployed since January, corporate restructuring initiatives, and autonomous robotics advancements including FarmX's acquisition of Amos Power and Upside Robotics' seven point five million dollar raise. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:Market Analysis: Europe's AgTech crossroads

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06:27

GrubMarket, Carbon Robotics, RVO, Ecovia Bio, XAG,...

AgTech Digest: Weekly Agriculture Technology News &... ·

2026/02/06

Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we'll dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring GrubMarket's fifty million dollar raise at a four point five billion dollar valuation, Carbon Robotics' groundbreaking Large Plant Model trained on one hundred fifty million plants, and greenhouse decarbonization initiatives advancing energy transition in controlled-environment agriculture. Let's get started!Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines:Major Funding: GrubMarket raises fifty

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