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Best in Biotech 18 Oct 2022

The hottest private biotech companies in Australia

Australia has a strong base in biotechnology, with many incentives for R&D and commercialization. Here are the top five private…

October 18, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 27 Sep 2022

EU Agriculture Ministers meet in Prague to discuss sustainability and food security

At an informal gathering of EU Agriculture Ministers, food security and the role of European agriculture and sustainable global food…

September 27, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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News and Trends 27 Sep 2022

Capagro launches second fund of €200M to support promising European startups

The most promising startups in the European FoodTech and AgTech sectors will be supported by funding from Capagro. The European…

September 27, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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Interview 10 Aug 2022

How the UK precision breeding bill could unshackle gene editing

The U.K. is considering lowering restrictions on gene-edited crops. PacBio’s Neil Ward explains how the changes could impact the gene…

August 10, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 26 Jul 2022

Irish agritech start-up CropBiome receives €1.3M investment

Irish agritech startup CropBiome, a joint University College Dublin (UCD) and Trinity College Dublin (TCD) spin-out, has received €1.3 million…

July 26, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 20 Jul 2022

ICL and PlantArcBio look to use RNAi to boost crop yields

ICL, a global specialty minerals company, and ag-biotech company PlantArcBio, Ltd., have announced the development of a novel bio-stimulant technology…

July 20, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 1 Jul 2022

FMC dips into pheromone crop protection with $200M BioPhero acquisition

FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire BioPhero ApS, a Danish pheromone research and…

July 1, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 28 Jun 2022

Micropep raises €8.75M to develop alternative crop-protection products

French ag-biotech company Micropep, which develops biological micropeptide-based solutions for agriculture, has completed an €8.75 million ($9.3 million) series A1…

June 28, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 21 Jun 2022

Biotalys and Novozymes partner on biofungicide

Belgian agtech company Biotalys and Danish biotech company Novozymes have entered into a partnership to expand opportunities for Evoca, Biotalys’…

June 21, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 15 Jun 2022

NZ biotech company develops Johne’s Disease assay

New Zealand biotech company Pictor Limited has been developing an accurate, affordable multiplexed diagnostic test for Johne’s Disease. Also known…

June 15, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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In Depth 6 Jun 2022

Releasing the microbiome’s potential to restore European soils

For decades, soil has been treated as an everlasting food machine rather than as a fragile living thing, and it…

June 6, 2022 - 9 minutesmins - By Carlos de Rojas

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News and Trends 17 Dec 2021

UK Startup Lands €5M Seed Round to Produce Gene-Edited Crops with AI

Phytoform, a London- and Boston-based startup, has received a €5M ($5.7M) investment to develop gene-edited crops with the help of…

December 17, 2021 - 4 minutesmins - By Dan Samorodnitsky

Feed Additives Cattle Methane Emissions

In Depth 17 Mar 2021

Feed Additives Put the Brakes on Cattle Methane Emissions

Research into how feed additives interact with the gut microbiome of cattle is paving the way towards a new strategy…

March 17, 2021 - 8 minutesmins - By Sachin Rawat

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In Depth 3 Feb 2021

Detecting Gene-Edited Food: The EU’s Nightmare

The EU imposed stringent controls on the commercialization of gene-edited food back in 2018. Years later, regulators are still working…

February 3, 2021 - 10 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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In Depth 11 Nov 2020

GMO Regulations in Europe Are “Not Fit for Purpose”

The controversial decision by the European courts in 2018 to regulate gene-edited organisms as GMOs has had a damaging effect…

November 11, 2020 - 8 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

Amoeba wheat rust disease

News and Trends 27 Jul 2020

Biological Fungicide Clears Wheat of Rust Disease in European Field Trial

A fungicide derived from amoeba has proven effective at protecting wheat from rust disease and other major fungal diseases at…

July 27, 2020 - 2 minutesmins - By Kostas Vavitsas

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In Depth 22 Jun 2020

The Age of Agrochemicals is Ending: It’s Time for Agricultural Biotechnology

As Europe moves to reduce its reliance on agrochemicals in the farming system over the next 10 years and beyond,…

June 22, 2020 - 9 minutesmins - By Farhan Mitha

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News and Trends 10 Feb 2020

Meiogenix, Bayer Team Up to Boost Genetic Diversity in Crop Breeding

Bayer and the French biotech company Meiogenix will work together to advance the development of Meiogenix’s plant breeding and genome…

February 10, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By External Contributor

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News and Trends 29 Jan 2020

Oxitec Unveils First Field Trial Results for Crop-Protecting GM Moths

A study led by Oxitec has shown for the first time that diamondback moths genetically engineered to produce only male…

January 29, 2020 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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More News! 8 Oct 2019

Israeli Biotech 3D Prints the First Beef Steak in Space

Hungry astronauts rejoice! Aleph Farms, a company that grows beef steak from animal cells, has grown the first steaks aboard…

October 8, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith