As farmers sift through the myriad ag tech start-ups, they must decide whether it is a nice to have or a need to have solution. Here are eight we believe are worth watching in the coming year. Source: 8 Ag Tech Start-Ups Worth Watching in 2019 | Successful Farming...
As the cannabis industry continues to expand, growers are looking for ways to increase crop yield and quality. Source: How Filament Science is Serving Cannabis’ Budding Microbial Sciences Sector - AgFunderNews...
TechAccel, the venture development organization, and Donald Danforth Center for Life Sciences, the leading plant science research institute, have created a new startup called RNAissance. Source: BREAKING: TechAccel and Donald Danforth Center Launch RNAissance to Create Environmentally-Friendly Pesticides - AgFunderNews...
Just about everyone has ordered a side of fries after catching an intoxicating whiff. But new research, which was published in the Journal of Marketing Research, says that basking in the scent of junk food for at least two minutes can actually help you make healthier food choices. Source: The Surprising Way To Resist...
The global competitor who sells the most ‘fish-free’ fish oil for aquaculture that meets the challenge criteria by Aug. 31, 2019, will win a $100,000 grand prize Source: Four firms in for ‘fish-free’ fish oil race | Undercurrent News...
Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot paid a visit to the Baltimore incubator and recognized the growing business this week. Source: Dundalk Dan's is growing a beef jerky business inside ETC - Technical.ly Baltimore...
Most crops on the planet are plagued by a photosynthetic glitch, and to deal with it, evolved an energy-expensive process called photorespiration that drastically suppresses their yield potential. Researchers report that crops engineered with a photorespiratory shortcut are 40 percent more productive in real-world agronomic conditions. Source: Scientists engineer shortcut for...
Agricultural publications for the Mid-Technology has been part of agriculture since the first plow went in the ground but, here lately, advancements have farming on the cusp of a technological revolution. This is the fourth such revolution, say Drs. David Rose and Jason Chilvers, in a recent journal article; the first...
The Baltimore startup growing insects as livestock got the nod to close out the first cohort of the F3 Tech Accelerator. Source: Biotrophics picks up $25K at farm and fish accelerator's demo day - Technical.ly Baltimore...
With 3 billion more mouths to feed by 2050, can ag-tech innovation create a more plentiful, efficient, sustainable, and resilient food system? Source: These 7 technologies will make future farming smarter...
