Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring an analysis of how capital and consolidation are dividing the global crop sector, Rob Eddy on horticulture education for greenhouse builders, a $45 million NSF research award for NDSU, DENSO's agri-food acquisition, LettUs Grow's commercial-scale vitamin B12 breakthrough, and CIBO Technologies partnering with Ingredion on regenerative agriculture data. Let's get started!

1. Analysis: The Agricultural Divide: how capital, consolidation, and innovation are segmenting the global crop sector across vegetables, cereals, legumes, and fruits
2. Interview: Rob Eddy on why the design and construction industry needs horticulture education — Resource Innovation Institute launches greenhouse workforce certification program
3. Research: NDSU receives $45M NSF award for AgTech Engine expansion; CAAIN launches $9M open competition to advance Canadian agri-food technology
4. Robotics & CEA: Nature Robots secures 4M euros seed funding to scale autonomous farming software; LettUs Grow achieves vitamin B12-fortified pea shoots at commercial scale
5. Partnerships: Bom Group and HX Agriculture sign long-term greenhouse partnership in China; CIBO Technologies partners with Ingredion to scale regenerative agriculture data platform
6. M&A & Infra: DENSO acquires stake in FoodVentures making it a consolidated subsidiary; Gevo plans second ethanol facility expansion at its North Dakota site
7. Regional: La Zone Agtech welcomes Ferme O Menu and Fermes Borea to MRC de L'Assomption; Casterra reports successful commercial castor field trials in Brazil
8. Events: Animal AgTech (Fort Worth), Future Fit Asia (Singapore), Fiber Connect (Orlando), Transform Food Europe (Amsterdam), Greentech Amsterdam (Netherlands)

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Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring eleven funding rounds totaling $323 million and a 2026 year-to-date total of $946 million, Jim Kras on Edible Garden's shift into finished goods and ready-to-drink products, Halter's $220 million Series E for virtual fencing, Ecorobotix's $50 million US manufacturing pledge, and Volta Greentech's European feed additive launch. Let's get started!

1. Overview: 11 companies close funding rounds totaling approximately $323M, bringing the 2026 year-to-date total to $946M across livestock tech, robotics, CEA, and sustainable finance
2. Interview: Jim Kras on Edible Garden's shift from produce grower to finished goods supplier — Tetra Pak partnership, 200,000 sq ft Midwest facility, and RTD protein drinks under the Kick brand
3. Livestock Tech: Halter raises $220M Series E to expand virtual fencing technology for livestock management
4. Precision Ag: Miraterra raises $16M to scale AI-driven soil intelligence platform; Agrim raises $17.3M Series B led by Asia Impact Fund
5. Robotics & CEA: Ecorobotix to assemble precision sprayers in Kansas with $50M US investment pledge; Swegreen secures $2.2M to scale in-store farming operations
6. M&A & Infra: Total Seed Production acquires Bayer's Windfall soybean facility in Indiana; Equinox Growers greenhouse facility sold to Taylor Farms
7. Biotech: Cauldron Ferm raises $13.25M Series A2 to scale hyper-fermentation platform; Volta Greentech raises 1.7M euros from Axel Johnson Group for European feed additive launch
8. Research: University of Essex joins the 35.4M pound PhenomUK plant research initiative
9. Events: AgTech Pitch Lounge (March 31st), Animal AgTech (Fort Worth), Future Fit Asia (Singapore), Fiber Connect (Orlando), Transform Food Europe (Amsterdam), Greentech Amsterdam

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Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring the farm labor crisis accelerating a $400 million autonomous technology wave, Julia Wilkinson on capital allocation for agriculture as foundational infrastructure, Solugen's $50 million organic nitrogen fertilizer raise, Syngenta's $130 million BioSTaR research center opening, Fresh Del Monte's $285 million acquisition, and Carbon Robotics crossing $100 million in annual revenue. Let's get started!

1. Analysis: Farm labor crisis fuels AgTech automation surge — 63 new autonomous products in 15 months, nearly $400M in labor-replacement venture funding
2. Interview: Julia Wilkinson, CIO and Managing Partner at LEBEC, on rethinking capital allocation for agriculture as foundational infrastructure, not venture-style bets
3. Fertilizer: ICL opens specialty fertilizer plant in India; Solugen raises $50M to scale organic nitrogen fertilizer production across Quebec and the US
4. Infrastructure: Reservoir opens flagship AgTech innovation hub in Salinas with 24 acres of test fields; Syngenta opens $130M BioSTaR biological sciences research center at Jealott's Hill
5. M&A: Fresh Del Monte completes $285M acquisition of Del Monte Foods assets, reuniting the brand under single ownership for the first time in nearly four decades
6. Biologicals: Frontera Ag acquires PlantSustain to strengthen biological crop protection platform; Resurrect Bio and Corteva sign joint development agreement for disease-resistant corn
7. Robotics: Carbon Robotics surpasses $100M annual revenue milestone and appoints new CFO
8. Events: Animal AgTech (Fort Worth), Regenerative Agriculture (LA), Future Fit Asia (Singapore), Fiber Connect (Orlando), Transform Food Europe (Amsterdam)

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