Agrotech News
Valagro launches biostimulant 'Talete' in five countries
Valagro, a leading company in the development, production and marketing of biostimulants and specialty nutrients for crops, has announced the launch of Talete in five additional countries at a global digital event attended by experts, customers, farmers and opinion leaders from more than 12 countries across 5 cont...Read more
Cargill expands soy processing operations for US farmers
Cargill is investing significantly in its US soy processing operations, with modernisation and expansion projects across its network of crush facilities in seven states. Once completed, the company estimates the $475 million in investments will improve operational efficiencies, while also increasing capa...Read more
Ag Ministry, Central Silk Board to endeavour for Agroforestry implementation in Silk Sector
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Central Silk Board under the Ministry of Textiles on a convergence model for the implementation of Agroforestry in the silk sector under the ongoing Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) Scheme. The MoU ...Read more
Raven Industries launches ‘Integrated Dispatch Program’ for Ag retailers
Raven Industries, Inc. announced the release of Dispatch Pro™. This comprehensive program provides ag retailers and enterprise farms with a fast and flexible solution for all dispatching tasks. Dispatch Pro extends Raven’s Connected Workflow™ so users can track their fleets, make data-dri...Read more
BASF ups R&D efforts for impactful ‘Sustainable Agriculture’
BASF strengthens its activities in research and development (R&D) for sustainable agricultural innovations, helping farmers to overcome environmental and economic challenges as well as meeting consumers’ demand for more sustainably produced food. With solu...Read more
Omnivore listed on ImpactAssets' online database 'IA 50 Impact Fund'
Omnivore, an impact venture capital firm focused on agritech, announced today that it has been selected for ImpactAssets’ prestigious 'IA 50 Impact Fund' listing. The IA 50 is the first publicly available database made up of private debt and equity impact investing fund managers across a wide range of geogra...Read more
Croplife Asia constitutes new Board of Directors
The CropLife Asia 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) commenced virtually today, bringing together plant science industry leaders from across the continent. This year's edition of the annual gathering includes a unique focus on how the global pandemic has impacted various aspects of the regional food supply chain as...Read more
Farmonaut, GarudaUAV partner to help farmers adopt drone-based tech for fruitful farming
Farmonaut has come together with a leading Indian drone services company, GarudaUAV, engaged in aerial data acquisition, analysis, and reporting for the promotion of drone-based remote sensing technologies for farming amongst the farmers. Farmonaut is addressing one of the biggest challenges in the Indian agricul...Read more
ITC & Shri Balaji FPO collaborate to procure organic cumin from Rajasthan
Shri Balaji Farmers Producers Company Limited, Balada in Pali district, Rajasthan and ITC Ltd, Barmer, Rajasthan have agreed to work together for procurement, aggregation and buy-back of quality IPM and organic cumin from smallholder farmers of Jaitran tehsil of Pali district of Rajasthan. The pact was sign...Read more
Virendranath Datt assumes office as RFCL Chairman of Board of Directors
Virendra Nath Datt has taken over as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Virendranath Datt (RFCL) with effect from February 23, 2021. He has been serving in the capacity of Non-Executive Director on the Board of RFCL since October, 2018. Datt is holding the additional charge of Chairman and Managing Direc...Read more
CropX partners with Rieggo Rotoplas to provide precision agri solutions in Mexico
CropX has recently signed a partnership agreement with the leading provider of water solutions in the Americas to offer innovative precision agriculture solutions focused on water conservation and soil health. CropX, a leading global agricultural analytics provider and rieggo, Grupo Rotoplas' new compan...Read more
Golden Harvest unveils E-Luminate mobile app for farmers
Golden Harvest farmers now have access to the E-Luminate Mobile app, a digital agronomy platform designed to deliver timely insights directly to farmers from their trusted Seed Advisors. The E-Luminate Mobile app helps farmers get a real-time look at their farm and see their data in a new way- all ...Read more
