1. Bayer will work closely with the venture capital firm's innovation arm VentureLabs to identify technologies that could be helpful to the crop science company's mission of improving farming and agriculture.
2. Farm app Agrivi, the knowledge-based platform for farmers which won World's Best Startup in 2014,is in talks with a variety of venture capital firms in Europe and the US for €1m capital raising round.
3. 3D Robotics, The drone producer and software platform has received new funding from venture capital firms including WestSummit Capital which led the top-up round after initially closing the Series C round on $50m.
4. Meritus Ventures and Innova Memphis were selected by the USDA to be RBICs and are raising $125m between them to invest into early-stage rural and agtech companies in Tennessee.
5. The European Commission is taking Romania to the EU Court of Justice over its failure to amend revised EU legislation on packaging waste into domestic law.
6. Funding of more than $3.8m to support nanotechnology research has been made available by the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
7. The German confectionery industry has slammed plans for a 19% tax proposal on sugar aimed at reducing obesity - but the social democrat party denies that such a 'sin tax' is on the cards.
8. Belgian olive oil extract supplier BioActor has inked a deal with the world’s biggest food firm Nestle, to develop products based on bone health benefits.
9. Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services announced the availability of up to $3.3 million in competitive funding to support the ability of farmers markets to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits provided through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a form of payment.
10. Farmers must play a greater part in China’s development through better links between urban and rural areas, the country’s president has told the Communist Party’s policy chiefs.
11. Saudi Arabia has bought a stake in Canada’s formerly state-owned wheat buying organisation, the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB), in a US$200m deal.
2. Farm app Agrivi, the knowledge-based platform for farmers which won World's Best Startup in 2014,is in talks with a variety of venture capital firms in Europe and the US for €1m capital raising round.
3. 3D Robotics, The drone producer and software platform has received new funding from venture capital firms including WestSummit Capital which led the top-up round after initially closing the Series C round on $50m.
4. Meritus Ventures and Innova Memphis were selected by the USDA to be RBICs and are raising $125m between them to invest into early-stage rural and agtech companies in Tennessee.
5. The European Commission is taking Romania to the EU Court of Justice over its failure to amend revised EU legislation on packaging waste into domestic law.
6. Funding of more than $3.8m to support nanotechnology research has been made available by the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
7. The German confectionery industry has slammed plans for a 19% tax proposal on sugar aimed at reducing obesity - but the social democrat party denies that such a 'sin tax' is on the cards.
8. Belgian olive oil extract supplier BioActor has inked a deal with the world’s biggest food firm Nestle, to develop products based on bone health benefits.
9. Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services announced the availability of up to $3.3 million in competitive funding to support the ability of farmers markets to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits provided through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a form of payment.
10. Farmers must play a greater part in China’s development through better links between urban and rural areas, the country’s president has told the Communist Party’s policy chiefs.
11. Saudi Arabia has bought a stake in Canada’s formerly state-owned wheat buying organisation, the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB), in a US$200m deal.
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