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Financial risk, and the time it takes for farmers to see return on investment from regenerative agriculture practices, are two of the biggest barriers to the adoption of regen ag. Biologicals company CHONEX says farmers using its dry microbial concentrate StrongSoil report a return on investment of three to one within the first year with input costs decreased by 15% thanks to reduced fertilizer and pesticide use. #sponsoredpost #soilhealth #regenerativeag #regenerativeagriculture #biologicals #microbiome #farming #agriculture #fertilizer #microbialpopulations #crops #growers #climatechange #Chonex #AgFunder #AgFunderNews 

In the first half of this year, agriculture gene editing startups raised just over $161 million across six deals, a considerable improvement over the same period in 2023 when they raised around $46 million...  #agbiotech #biotech #geneediting #precisionag #agtechdata

In agrifoodtech news this week... 🇧🇷 Fresh off a new funding round, precision ag startup BEMAGRO plans to optimize forest management 🇺🇸 Farmer's Business Network, Inc. and ADM launch a new company to connect grain buyers with more regeneratively grown goods 🇺🇸 Phospholutions, Inc. gears up for commercial-scale production of fertilizer additive with Toros Agri partnership 🇺🇸 David raises $10 million in seed funding to support science-based nutrition 🇺🇸 De Novo Foodlabs funding accelerating alternative lactoferrin product 🇩🇪 Root Global secures €8M for its climate footprint management solution 🇸🇬 DiMuto secures US$5.9m to boost global agri-food chain traceability 🇨🇦 Canada’s rail network shuts down: Here’s what it means for agriculture 📰 Read The Week In AgriFoodTech ➡ https://lnkd.in/gibQZ_7U ✍ Subscribe to get The Week In AgriFoodTech in your inbox ➡ https://lnkd.in/gazfFNTV #agtech #agritech #foodtech #deeptech #carbon #agriculture #protein #altprotein #altmeat #milk #altmilk #fermentation #microbiome #foodprocessing #plantbasedmeat #agribusiness #precisionag #precisionagriculture #forestmanagement #regenerativeag #graingrowers #nutrition #climate #traceability #supplychain #AgFunder #AgFunderNews

North Dakota's Grand Farm initiative was born of the need to facilitate more collaboration and research between startups, growers, researchers and public- and private-sector stakeholders in order to address the most pressing needs in agriculture. In 2024, Grand Farm has 31 field plots from 22 partners and 18 different organizations, including startups Pivot Bio and ClearLeaf, among others, as well as major corporates ADM and Anheuser-Busch. #ecosystem #entrepreneurship #farmrobotics #robotics #mechanization #farmmechanization #farmequipment #rowcrops 

'Gradable®' connects grain buyers with farmers using regenerative practices in order to meet growing demand for sustainably produced food items. #climatechange #corporatesustainability #grain #graintrading #supplychain #sustainability #carbon #carboncertification #cleanfood #agribusiness #grainfarmers #grainbuyers #regenerativeagriculture #regenerativeag #USA #AgFunder #AgFunderNews

CHONEX dry microbial concentrate 'StrongSoil' (implemented along with other key regenerative soil health practices) helps to speed up the regenerative ag process, reducing financial risk and other barriers to entry for farmers who are wanting to transition to regenerative agriculture. #sponsoredpost #soilhealth #regenerativeag #regenerativeagriculture #biologicals #microbiome #farming #agriculture #fertilizer #microbialpopulations #crops #growers #climatechange #Chonex #AgFunder #AgFunderNews 

In agrifoodtech news this week... 🇮🇳 Zepto raises $340M at a $5B valuation as India’s quick-commerce market heats up TechCrunch. 🇳🇿 🇺🇸 Fonterra and Superbrewed Food Inc. collaborate to advance postbiotic protein tech. 🇺🇸 US retail sales of plant-based milk by numbers: Coconut is up, almond is down, soy and oat are flat. 🇺🇸 Adoption of ag biologicals on ‘a steep upward trajectory’ among row crop producers but education still needed: study. 🇫🇮 Finnish company Collo gets €5 million to optimise food & beverage industry. 🇯🇵 ‘Amazon for fresh farm produce in SEA’ SECAI MARCHE PTE LTD raises US$3.5M to add AI feature, optimise last-mile deliveries. 🇧🇪 Belgian startup HEDERA-22 raises €2 million to accelerate progress for a sustainable agriculture. 📰 Read The Week In AgriFoodTech ➡ https://lnkd.in/gUxUed3j ✍ Subscribe to get The Week In AgriFoodTech in your inbox ➡ https://lnkd.in/gazfFNTV #agtech #agritech #foodtech #carbon #agriculture #protein #altprotein #altmeat #milk #altmilk #foodwaste #fermentation #microbiome #nanoparticles #foodprocessing #plantbasedmeat #plantbasedcheese #agribusiness

Only one major plant based milk subsegment delivered meaningful growth in the US retail market in the year to July 14, 2024, with dollar sales up 12.6% to $137 million and units up 13.9%... #altdairy #dairy #altprotein #alternativeprotein #oatmilk #soymilk #almondmilk #plantbased #plantbasedmilk #USA

Meet ‘accidental entrepreneur’ Kumar Ranjan, a member of AgFunder GROW cohort 5, and co-founder of eFeed Life Science, a startup that uses precision animal nutrition to build food security & climate resilience... #emissions #AI #artificialintelligence #microbiome #farmtech #methane #methaneaccounting #livestock #precisionfarming #farmdata #milk #yield #greenhousegasses #goGROW Ravi Chauhan | Ankit Patel

 A metabolite of caffeine that wakes you up and reduces fatigue, paraxanthine (Px) delivers what most people want from coffee, says Rarebird, Inc. coffee founder Dr. Jeffrey Dietrich: stimulation without the jitters, anxiety, and sleeplessness. Founded in 2020, AgFunder portfolio co Rarebird combines Colombian decaf coffee and Px to deliver just that, claims Dietrich, who caught up with AgFunderNews at the recent SynBioBeta conference in San Jose to discuss the next generation of coffee, and his ultimate goal: “I want you to walk into every Starbucks and see Rarebird.” Watch the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/gWuRZduP #foodtech #coffee #px #SynBioBeta #Rarebird