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DairyX Foods Ltd. announces a major advancement in creating authentic milk proteins without cows, using precision fermentation. The food-tech start-up has developed a method to produce casein proteins that can self-assemble into micelles. Micelles are the primary building blocks of dairy products, such as cheese and yogurt. DairyX has also refined a complementary technology to […]
Attacks on oilseed rape by the cabbage stem flea beetle, the main pest of the crop for UK growers, could be mitigated by applying silicon, results from the field suggest. Plants use silicon – the primary constituent of glass – as a physical barrier against attacks by pests and pathogens, laying down a hard crystal […]
FoodTech pioneer revyve, B.V. launches its next-generation gluten-free ingredient line made from baker’s yeast. The new egg replacer delivers excellent texturizing functionalities and is fully neutral in flavor and color. This launch will accelerate revyve’s expansion into new food categories, fulfilling demands for clean-label, sustainable texturizing ingredients to replace eggs, especially in gluten-free products. Being […]
The Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) recently announced the launch of two new programmes: Forecasting Tipping Points, led by Programme Directors Gemma Bale and Sarah Bohndiek, and Synthetic Plants, led by Programme Director Angie Burnett. As with all ARIA programmes, Programme Directors have worked with the R&D community to identify areas which are under-explored, […]
Agmatix, a leading agricultural data and AI-powered technology company, announces the launch of RegenIQ at the Regenerative Agriculture Summit in Europe. RegenIQ is designed to drive the adoption of regenerative agriculture by offering a structured approach to assessing the impact of field-level efforts, supporting both environmental health and productivity. Aligned with regenerative agriculture’s leading global […]
Half of the fertiliser used on UK wheat crops could be removed, without yield or quality penalties, if a unique combination of nitrogen-capturing technologies is successful in trials. Under the Farming Innovation Programme, Defra has funded a £1m project to investigate the potential to create a foliar photocatalyst-and-endophyte prototype that can help cereal and oilseed […]
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, is inviting startups and small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with innovative agritech solutions to apply for the India Australia Rapid Innovation Startup Expansion (RISE) Accelerator, a program designed to support businesses aiming to expand between the two countries. Commencing in October, the Climate Smart Agritech cohort of the RISE Accelerator […]
Empire State Development (ESD) and Cornell University’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA) today announced the 20 finalists selected to take part in year six of Grow-NY, a business competition focused on enhancing the emerging food, beverage, and agriculture innovation cluster in upstate New York. Winning companies will be required to make a positive economic […]
Providing sub-Saharan smallholders with a cost-effective alternative to expensive artificial nitrogen fertiliser has come a step closer for British agri-biotech company Legume Technology, following the award of a grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). The Nottinghamshire company, which has been working on microbial biofertilisers […]
Leaf, the unified farm data API and largest farm data processing platform, announced the close of a $11.3 million Series A round, led by Spero Ventures. The funding round included participation from all existing investors. Andrew Parker has joined Leaf’s Board of Directors. In 2023, United States farmers were collecting data on 72% of all […]
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