Sustainable food chain private equity group, Paine Schwartz Partners, has made a strategic investment in Dutch animal genetics and technology player, Hendrix Genetics.
Soybean prices have found strong support this week, buoyed by better than forecast soybean crush data from the based US National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA), finds the latest CRM Agri oilseeds market outlook.
Bits x Bites, China’s first agrifood tech VC, has completed the final close of its second fund, hitting US$100M, and exceeding its target previously announced with the first close in 2020.
Dutch-based startup Connecterra and Fonterra, which is owned by 8.800 New Zealand dairy farmers, are teaming up to expand access to artificial intelligence (AI) technology for farms across New Zealand in 2022.
The US Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry & Eggs (US-RSPE) says its supply chain sustainability assessment tool can guide innovation, drive improvements and support communication about the measured and verified sustainability of US poultry and eggs.
The ongoing freight costs and shipping challenges, along with drought in South America, are the factors behind a shortage in the supply of certain key feed ingredients, reports the Irish Farmers Journal.
EU compound feed production has been negatively impacted by the spread of animal diseases but boosted by the continuing global grain market rally this year, according to data from FEFAC.
Stellapps has completed the first close towards its pre-series C round from various investors. Led by Dutch animal nutrition and feed group, Nutreco, the fundraising effort also saw participation from existing investors including Qualcomm Ventures, Celesta...
This week started in a slightly bearish way, with data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) indicating that, post-WASDE, managed money funds had been reducing the number of long positions held across corn, wheat and soybeans, reported...
There is a strong need for technology interventions, especially in the emerging markets where the yield per animal is low, traceability is inadequate and quality is not up to the mark, says a tech startup CEO.
A Nutreco and Mosa Meat led project, Feed for Meat, to develop cellular agriculture and bring cultivated meat to the EU market, is being supported by REACT-EU to the tune of a €2m (US$2.3m) grant.
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Mondelez and Saputo have defended their commitments to sourcing milk from sustainable producers, after a Greenpeace investigation linked the manufacturers to a complex supply chain that was devastating rainforests.
The cumulative 2021 production of fishmeal and fish oil from producer countries is higher year-on-year, according to data released by the IFFO this week.
Studies investigating hemp as an aqua feed ingredient and the optimization of algae feed additives for dairy cows are part of a US$146m spend by the USDA in sustainable agricultural research work.
Vietnam is by far the largest importer of corn in Southeast Asia and the USDA forecasts it to be the fifth-largest importer of that grain globally in 2021/22.
The main driver in the agri-commodities market this week was the grain stocks report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA); it was released yesterday.
Feed wheat consumption in the Philippines is expected to be significantly lower in MY 2021-22 compared to the previous year due to the continued challenge of African swine fever (ASF).
Agricultural output needs to increase by 70% to meet food demand in 2050, and smart farming can support this, while also addressing challenges from labor shortages to an increased need for sustainable production, says Meili Robots, in a newly published...
The UK was facing warnings of food shortages, and even the prospect of a cancelled Christmas, after CF Industries, which supplies most of the CO2 used in the county’s food production, stopped work at two of its fertiliser factories because of gas prices.
The funding from that strategic investor is part of an initial unpriced round to support Entoprotech’s R&D and business development plans in the next 12 months and will be part of a $30m Series A round planned towards Q4 2022.
Much of the world is experiencing high enough milk prices to offset high feed costs and general input cost inflation, according to the latest dairy report from Rabobank.
An alliance between Livalta, an AB Agri division, and Canada’s Pond Technology is set to see viable production of algae-based animal feed ingredients from CO2 emissions.
Pet food and aquaculture will undoubtedly remain very important markets for European insect protein producers but the lifting of the ban on the use of animal PAPs in pig and poultry feed represents a huge step forward for the sector, says an insider.
Belgium headquartered, Azelis, a distributor of specialty chemicals and animal nutrition and food ingredients, today announced its initial public offering (IPO) and its intention to list its shares on the regulated market of Euronext Brussels.
