‘Off the charts’ chemical shortages hit U.S. farms as herbicides supplies are delayed. Intro Verbiage: U.S. farmers have cut back on using common weedkillers, hunted for substitutes to popular fungicides, and changed planting plans over persistent shortages of agricultural...
Startups at the forefront of the agricultural technology industry. Intro Verbiage: Huntsville, Alabama-based accelerator seeks to bolster Alabama’s ability to translate agriculture technologies into commercial products that will help producers in the state and beyond. The 12-week accelerator...
Plug and Play North Dakota has announced 12 startups that were selected for their seventh batch of the Agtech Program. This program aims to bring global innovation by facilitating opportunities for business development, mentorship, as well as pilots and POCs...
Farm Operators are finding it difficult to cover labor shortages and are looking for solutions. With the decline in farm worker population due to high land prices, cost of operations, machinery and technology inadequacy, and more, farm operators are...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2022 – Huntsville, Ala. – Global venture firm and startup accelerator, gener8tor, in partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, announced the five startup companies selected for the inaugural fall 2022 HudsonAlpha Agtech...
Herbicide drift during crop spraying leads to negative impacts on surround crops by Brandie Jefferson, Washington University in St. Louis “Dicamba drift”—the movement of the herbicide dicamba off crops through the atmosphere—can result in unintentional damage to neighboring plants....
Global venture firm and startup accelerator announced the five startup companies. Intro Verbiage: Companies selected for the Huntsville-based program are frakktal, ShipShape, MiFood Robot, MicroMGx, AgTechLogic. Startups were recruited from around the world with each competing in a rigorous...
HudsonAlpha AgTech Accelerator Launches with First Start-Up Class AgTechLogic is chosen as one of five innovative start-up companies to make up the inaugural class in the HudsonAlpha AgTech Investment Accelerator, a new initiative from the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and the...
Roundup, a herbicide containing glyphosate, can harm bumblebees’ success. Finnish researchers have studied how Roundup, a glyphosate based herbicide, can damage the learning, memory, and vision of bumblebees. With weakened color vision, this study showed how it can impair...
Weedkillers containing glyphosate are sprayed on half of all U.S. grown corn and soybeans. Glyphosate, an active ingredient in many common herbicides, has heavily been debated on whether its use in farms across the United States pose negative impacts...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 22, 2022 – Mesa, AZ –With inflation at a 40-year high, gas prices at historic levels, a limited supply of herbicides, and farm workers in short supply, growers continue to be hit with ongoing challenges...
by Tanja Folnovic Agricultural productivity nowadays may seem to have reached a stationary (maximum) point due to the global availability of fertilizers and pesticides which are used to improve crop yield. However, misuse of these products and lack of...