The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a 7-2 ruling in Monsanto v. Durnell, holding that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) expressly preempts state-law failure-to-warn claims where the EPA has made a definitive determination on crop protection product safety. The majority opinion states that requiring a cancer warning
UbiQD, a quantum dot technology company founded in Los Alamos in 2014, has acquired a third building adjacent to its existing campus on Eastgate Road in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The 5,000-square-foot high-bay facility will support ongoing manufacturing expansion and create space for additional equipment and operations as the company
The African Development Bank Group and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Abidjan to expand strategic cooperation across food systems, job creation, climate resilience, health systems, and private sector development in Africa. The agreement was signed on 12 June by Martin Fregene, Officer in Charge
Intelinair has launched the AGMRI AI Agent, a new AI capability inside its AGMRI platform that allows agronomic advisors and growers to ask questions and receive field-level answers in seconds. The tool is built on the agronomic data already housed within AGMRI, including multi-source imagery, soil characteristics, weather, input applications,
Jacqui Fatka, CoBank's lead economist for farm supply and biofuels, will deliver the opening keynote at the 15th annual Women in Agribusiness Summit, taking place September 22–24 in New Orleans. Fatka is set to open the anniversary Summit with a comprehensive market outlook covering the forces shaping agriculture today, including
Village Farms International (NASDAQ: VFF) has announced a series of operational milestones in its ongoing capacity expansion at Delta 2 (D-2), a 1.1 million square foot greenhouse in British Columbia being converted to cannabis production. The company has completed its first harvest from the initial half of the D-2 expansion
Redox Bio-Nutrients LLC has hired Jackeline Garza as Chief Technology Officer; she joins immediately from a 20-year career at Cosmocel, where she held senior roles across quality, regulatory, and innovation functions.
Cibus, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBUS), an agricultural technology company focused on developing and licensing plant traits to seed companies, has named Craig Wichner as its new Chief Executive Officer.
AGCO is advancing fuel efficiency across its Fendt, Massey Ferguson, and Valtra tractor brands, with performance gains validated by independent DLG PowerMix testing.
Farmblox has announced the launch of COP-R-LOCK, a security platform built to detect copper theft and deliver real-time monitoring for solar infrastructure on agricultural operations.