The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced the opening of its FY2026 funding opportunity under the Research Facilities Act program, backed by $125 million in annual funding. The announcement came during a roundtable at USDA headquarters where Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon met
Vireo Growth Inc. (CSE: VREO; OTCQX: VREOD) has announced a definitive arrangement agreement to acquire C21 Investments Inc. (CSE: CXXI; OTCQX: CXXIF) through an all-share transaction. Under the terms of the deal, each C21 shareholder will receive 0.023052 of a Vireo subordinate voting share for every C21 share held. C21
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has committed $600 million to Greenview Fertiliser Corp., the fertiliser holding entity of Dangote Group, as part of a $7 billion capacity expansion programme that will significantly scale up urea production across two African countries. The deal marks one of the largest single financing commitments in
Anterra Capital has announced a $100 million first close on its third fund, with a fundraising target of $200 million. The firm, which describes its approach as backing companies that transform food and agriculture through existing industry channels rather than rebuilding the system from scratch, positions Fund III as the
Rainbow Crops, a next-generation agtech company developing improved crop varieties through the engineering of complex agronomic traits, has announced a €9.7 million seed funding round. The oversubscribed raise will be used to accelerate the company's AI-supported multiplex genome editing capabilities, deploy its platform across additional crops, and expand its scientific
Syngenta has announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to become a strategic partner in Annam.AI, a national agricultural intelligence initiative in India. The signing took place at an event in Nice, France, attended by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron. The programme is backed
Local Bounti Corporation (NYSE: LOCL) has announced the commercial launch of a six-product assortment of its indoor-grown leafy greens at Harris Teeter, covering the grocer's entire network of more than 250 stores across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. The placement strengthens Local Bounti's retail footprint in the region and expands its
Picketa Systems has closed an oversubscribed $2.1 million funding round led by Tall Grass Ventures, with participation from new investors
Between 2022 and mid-2026, 32 companies in the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry filed for bankruptcy, entered restructuring, or ceased operations. The first wave had a clear explanation: rising interest rates, energy price spikes, the withdrawal of cheap capital. But those conditions began to ease in 2025, and the failures
French agricultural cooperative group Océalia has announced a minority stake investment in agtech startup Cyclair, as part of its Cap 2030 strategic plan. The investment is positioned as a direct step toward offering cooperative members a concrete alternative to chemical herbicides — one that reduces environmental impact without cutting into