Syngenta and Groundwork BioAg have announced a strategic partnership to market Groundwork's mycorrhizal technology. Syngenta, which describes itself as a global leader in biological crop protection, will offer a biological solution intended to enhance crop performance and provide resistance to plant stress, while improving soil health through a carbon credit
Key Takeaways Royal Berry will acquire strawberry grower Dutch Berries, based in Zuilichem, effective January 1, 2027. The companies said the deal is intended to build scale and innovation capacity […]
The Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre (NPEC) has been awarded funding through the NWO Large-Scale Research Infrastructure Upgrade call to carry out a major five-year upgrade of its national plant phenotyping facility. The upgrade is intended to expand and modernize NPEC's capabilities, strengthening research into how plants grow and respond to
KUBO is contributing to a new large-scale greenhouse horticulture project in the Saudi Arabian desert. Wouter Kuiper and Said El Ouakili traveled to the country last week for the official signing of the contracts, a ceremony attended by several dignitaries including the Dutch ambassador and the Prince of Jazan.
The World Food Programme (WFP), working with the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and backed by funding from Global Affairs Canada (GAC), has launched the MURUNA project to strengthen climate resilience in Iraq. The project's name means "resilience" in Arabic.
Cleanfarms has named Shane Hedderson, MBA, as its new Executive Director, effective July 1, 2026, following a national search for the organization's next leader. Hedderson, a long-standing member of Cleanfarms' senior management team, brings experience in agricultural stewardship, circular economy initiatives and industry partnership development to the role. He succeeds
Koppert is expanding its Executive Board with the addition of a Chief Customer Officer, a Chief Operations Officer and a Chief Product Officer. The company said the change brings its Commercial, Operations and Product Development functions closer together at Executive Board level, with the aim of encouraging stronger collaboration across
Groupe Thomas Plants, which also includes Provence Plants, has acquired Tecnosem, owner of the Biosem brand, in a deal advised by Oaklins France. The transaction was structured as a secondary leveraged buyout involving new sponsor Galiena Capital, an investor that becomes the majority shareholder in the combined business.
Key Takeaways Optiflux, a KU Leuven spin-off, has closed a €2.5 million (approximately $2.85 million) funding round with participation from Agri Investment Fund (AIF), alongside LAVA, LRM and Gemma Frisius […]
DVC Partners has acquired a majority stake in Kimitec, a company that develops biological solutions for agriculture. Kimitec produces natural alternatives for crop nutrition and protection, with applications that extend across plant, animal and human health. Both companies confirmed the transaction, which marks DVC Partners' entry as majority shareholder.