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1 week ago | 
agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison
Applications have opened for membership at Reservoir Farms, a new on-farm robotics incubator in California’s Salinas Valley. Supported by farmer association Western Growers, the first-of-its-kind facility aims to empower California growers and agtech startups to co-develop, test, and scale advanced automation and robotics solutions for specialty crops in real-world farming environments, addressing the industry’s demand for practical, scalable agtech innovation.
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1 week ago | 
agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison
AdAstra Sustainability aims to provide high-fidelity data solutions specifically targeting the environmental impacts of agricultural supply chains, such as land conversion, deforestation, and carbon accounting, with an emphasis on traceability and supporting stakeholders in sustainable agriculture.
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1 week ago | 
agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison
Known as Epichloë, this endophytic fungus lives inside plant tissues, and certain species quietly offer a surprising range of benefits, from natural pest protection to increased drought resistance. Plant pathologist, Lorena Rangel, explained, “Once inside the plant, Epichloë acts like a built-in shield, helping the plant tolerate stress, resist disease, and even deter pests, all without repeated spraying.
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1 week ago | 
agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison
Argentina-based venture capital company Glocal Latam is focussed on early-stage companies across Latin America. Investing from pre-seed to Series A, its “sweet spot” are Seed rounds, says its managing director, Bernado Milesy. Case in point is the company’s latest investment in Blooms, a US-based fintech company, which has just raised a total of $2.6 million in Seed funding.
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2 weeks ago | 
agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison
Last year’s World Agri-Tech South America Summit was focussed, among other things, on the growing role of biological products, agrifintech solutions and regenerative agriculture in the region.
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2 weeks ago | 
agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison
An estimated 14% of produce is lost between harvest and retail, in part due to spoilage from mould and rot. To help address this global challenge, Biotalys, the company developing protein-based biocontrol solutions for sustainable crop protection, and AgroFresh Solutions, a global leader in post-harvest solutions for fresh produce, have announced a new collaboration to develop and commercialise sustainable biological fungicides for post-harvest use.
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2 weeks ago | 
agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison
Global crop protection company and Syngenta Group member Adama is in buoyant mood after receiving recognition by the Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC) for a new mode of action in cereals for one of its novel active ingredients, Gilboa. Gilboa introduces a completely new mode of action for cereal fungicides, targeting nucleic acid metabolism – a biochemical pathway never previously utilised in cereal crop protection.
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2 weeks ago | 
agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison
In 2024, the agricultural workforce in England dropped by 2.6%. In Europe, the agricultural workforce has shrunk by a third in the last two decades. This, laments AgriRobot’s co-founder and CCO Henrik Lynge Jacobsen, is part of a wider trend we are seeing around the world: people are leaving rural areas, and fewer young people are choosing careers in farming. And as the world’s population increases, we will need to produce 70% more by 2050 to meet global needs.
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2 weeks ago | 
agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison
Verdi has bold plans to make modern automation tools accessible to ‘every farm on the planet’. Designed for specialty crop growers, its patented smart devices retrofit existing farm infrastructure to automate everyday tasks such as irrigation and maintenance, helping farmers to save labour, reduce inputs, and increase yields.
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2 weeks ago | 
agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison
The Fresh Everleaf range is grown without pesticides or herbicides and is free from human touch until opened, “maximising freshness, quality, crispness and flavour”. Planet Farms produce is moved from harvest to bag in under a minute using an automated growing system. The growing method also uses 95% less water, 93% less soil occupancy and 96% less fertiliser than in traditional agriculture, the brand claimed.
