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Deep pocket investors 'ready to play' in ag tech

By Lynda Searby

The generous biotech funds that have transformed other sectors are now backing food and agriculture, with the potential to ‘disrupt’ the food value chain, says a venture capital fund insider.

Pacific Seeds and CSIRO representatives at the 2021 Wallendbeen NSW Hyola TD winter performance and hybrid phenology trials © Pacific Seeds

New research tie-up to enhance canola in Australia

By Jane Byrne

Australian seed provider, Pacific Seeds, and government agency, CSIRO, have joined forces on a new three-year AUS$250K (US$194,245) research project set to better tailor canola hybrids and crop management to regional Australia’s variable growing conditions.