1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (491+ words) Key Takeaways ADAMA Ltd. announced the launch of Marathon, its first Pyrasulfotole-based herbicide, available to Australian cereal growers for the 2026 season, announced April 27, 2026. Marathon delivers broadleaf weed control in wheat and barley and incorporates Mefenpyr-diethyl as a built-in safener, powered…...

12+ hour, 52+ min ago  (661+ words) Key Takeaways Fermeate has closed a $2 million Seed round led by Newfund Capital, with participation from SOSV, Ajinomoto Group Ventures, Ki Tua Fund, Heuristic Capital Partners, Momentum Capital, Plug & Play, Tesserakt Ventures, and Ag Startup Engine. The company's optogenetic platform…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (235+ words) In total, companies operating in the autonomous weeding and field robotics space raised over $180 M " roughly 27% of all tracked precision ag capital in 2025, according to i Grow Intelligence data. Enforcement actions targeting undocumented farmworkers " estimated to make up 4045% of the…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (394+ words) Heliospectra AB reported net sales of SEK 5, 148 thousand for Q1 2026, a 171 percent increase compared to SEK 1, 901 thousand in the same period of 2025, according to the company's quarterly report published April 26. Order intake also improved materially, rising to SEK 6, 233 thousand from SEK…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (270+ words) Although the DOJ had previously acknowledged investigating beef companies after the president's public comments, the criminal character of the inquiry had not been disclosed before the Journal's reporting. Criminal antitrust investigations typically center on allegations of market collusion, price fixing…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (923+ words) Key Takeaways Blake Croegaert says the precision ag M&A boom has corrected sharply. The Verdant Partners M&A advisor points to valuations inflated between 20162022 (anchored by the Climate Corporation benchmark) that have since collapsed as farm economics deteriorated, OEMs…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (400+ words) Key Takeaways Oman has launched investment opportunities worth more than RO93 million (about $240 M) across 11 food security projects through the Invest Oman platform. The portfolio was developed jointly by Mo CIIP and MAFWR. Five agricultural projects in Al Najd Agricultural City cover…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (480+ words) Key Takeaways Art's-Way Manufacturing reported Q1 fiscal 2026 consolidated sales of $6, 640, 000, a 29% increase from $5, 141, 000 in the same period last year. Net income improved to $196, 000 from a loss of $56, 000, with earnings per share of $0. 04 versus a loss of $0. 01 a year earlier. Agricultural Products…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (222+ words) Vive Crop Protection announced the launch of Averland SM, a new in-season nematicide designed to provide US growers with enhanced flexibility in managing nematodes and other pests in potatoes, onions, and high-value crops. The product represents the second release under…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (459+ words) New York Governor Kathy Hochul marked the grand opening of Oxbo's new farming equipment manufacturing facility in the Town of Bergen, Genesee County " a $60. 5 million, 200, 000 square-foot complex that will serve as the Netherlands-headquartered company's U. S. base and primary production center for…...