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As we approach 2025, what is keeping agrifoodtech startups awake at night? In part two of her festive agrifoodtech vox pop our foodtech editor Elaine Watson gets a sense of what is disrupting their sleep... #agtech #foodtech #agritech #funding #VC #VentureCapital #impactinvesting #agrifoodtech

If 25% tariffs, as threatened by the incoming Trump Administration, are implemented on produce imported into the US from Canada and Mexico, produce prices at the grocery store are likely to increase between 15% and 25%, writes AgFunderNews guest columnist, Peter Tasgal, co-founder of The Farmbook Project. #supplychain #tarrifs #produce #USeconomy #USA #Trump

What tech innovations are agrifoodtech startups most excited about as we head into 2025? Our foodtech editor Elaine Watson fired off a few emails to companies she’s covered on AgFunderNews this year to find out... #agtech #biotech #ai #foodtech #biomanufacturing #2024 #2024takeaways

New research suggests ultrafine bubbles could deliver dramatically higher yields in biomanufacturing, according to Dr. Nick Jackowetz, PhD from Hydrosome Labs LLC… Learn more https://lnkd.in/gbG8GYPT #ultrafinebubbles #nanobubbles #biomanufacturing #fermentation #precisionfermentation #functionalbeverages

CHONEX has released a water-dispersible granule formulation of its StrongSoil® product. With StrongSoil, US farmers are reporting an average yield increase of 15% in corn & 12% in soybeans compared to untreated cropland over a two-growing-season trial period. #biologicals #regenerativeag #regenerativeagriculture #carbonsequestration #carbon #biome #biomass #organicmatter #soil #soilhealth #soilsolutions #yield #productivity #sustainability #cropresilience #agriculture #nutrientcycling | CHONEX | Dr Pam Marrone | Syngenta | Biome Makers Inc. | Understanding Ag, LLC - Experts in Regenerative Ag

55% of US consumers are overwhelmed by conflicting information about locally and organically-sourced meat according to a survey by the National Grocers Association. The Good Meat Project is working to alleviate information overload, and to increase market share for small, local meat producers. #livestock #meat #smallholderfarms #smallholderfarmers #localproduce #organicproduce #meatsupplychain #transparency | Michele Thorne, MBA

Aspire — which laid off two-thirds of its employees and scaled back production at its cricket farming facility in London, Ontario last month— says it will need to raise more money in 2025. #insectag #insectagriculture #insectfarming #cricketfarming #insectprotein

Case Study: How Ninjacart helped Arado achieve a 3 x increase in warehouse capacity (daily tonnage), 80% reduction in Inventory errors (processing) and 60% reduction in losses (pilferage). ️ ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gpyfWP-e #sponsoredpost #warehousemanagement #automatedworkflows #supplychain #inventorymanagement

This week in agrifoodtech news... As US legislation evolves across the waste-management industry, Nexus W2V, a leading developer of waste-to-value infrastructure projects, announced the closing of an anchor $75 million structured equity commitment from Orion Infrastructure Capital plus additional investment from Nexus Holdings and Khasma Capital, and debt financing from Ameris Bank. In India, industrial robotics-maker Haber closed a $44 million Series C round while, a week after Mondelēz International increased investment in cocoa-tech startup Celleste Bio, German foodtech Planet A Foods raised $30 million in a Series B round to expand its production of cocoa-free chocolate across Europe, the US and Asia. #agrifoodtech #agtech #agritech #foodtech #climatetech #health #climate #food #agriculture #deeptech

The in-ovo sexing technology, which enables hatcheries to sex chicks before they hatch, is designed to end the practice of killing male chicks as soon as they are born as they are of little interest to the industry as they can’t lay eggs, and there’s no viable market for their meat as the breeds of chicken used in egg and meat production are different. #animalwelfare #eggindustry #eggs #chickens #chicks #inovosexingtechnology