Pairwise Plants has closed a $25m Series A funding round co-led by Deerfield Management and Monsanto Growth Ventures (MGV), the venture capital arm of Monsanto to accelerate crop innovation. Pairwise is an agricultural company focused on ...
S&W Seed Company announced it has received a trademark for the use of the brand name Kandi Leaf stevia. The trademark will be applied on S&W's unique stevia lines bred for enhanced flavor characteristics and marketed for the fresh and dry ...
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US-based agricultural company Monsanto has secured an approval from its shareholders to merge its business with a subsidiary of German pharmaceutical company Bayer for $66bn. As per the terms of the merger deal, the shareowners will be ...
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Arctic Fuji, a genetically modified non-browning apple variety developed by Okanagan Specialty Fruits (OSF), has been approved by the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS). OSF, which is a ...
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US-based diversified holding company HC2 Holdings has made an offer to buy agricultural company Andersons for $1bn in cash. The offer, which was made through a letter, valued Andersons' shares at $37 per share, a 43% premium on closing ...
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American biotechnology company Intrexon has completed the acquisition of Okanagan Specialty Fruits (OSF), the agricultural company behind the world's first non-browning apple, Arctic apple. British Columbia based OSF developed the ...
Canadian agricultural company Grober Group will build a $12m dairy plant in the Cayuga County Industrial Park in Aurelius, US. Last week Grober representatives met with the Cayuga County Industrial Development Agency board of directors to ...
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Pan-African agricultural company Agriterra said its performance is demonstrating a trend towards profitability. For the year to the end of May, pre-tax losses totalled $5.6m, down from a re-presented $6.5m last time. Revenues fell to ...
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New York-based private investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) has divested its entire stake in China Modern Dairy, for around $80m. The company sold 168 million shares at HK$3.70 ($0.47) per share. China Modern Dairy is an ...
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Terra Tech Corp (TRTC) subsidiary Edible Garden, an urban agricultural company, is pleased to announce that their line of sustainable and locally-grown produce is now available at Marsh Supermarkets throughout the Midwest. Headquartered ...
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Monsanto Company's (NYSE: MON) annual research and development update marks the company's largest advancement of products to date. The agricultural company announced today a record 29 products progressed in its pipeline with five of those ...
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Monsanto Company and Novozymes today announce a long-term strategic alliance to transform research and commercialization of sustainable microbial products that will provide a new platform of solutions for growers around the world. The ...
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Agria Corporation, an international agricultural company with operations in China, South America, New Zealand and Australia, announced that it has entered an agreement to establish the China National (Yangling) Plant Variety Rights Trading ...
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Milmeq, a New Zealand-based food processing systems provider, has secured a A$18m ($21m) contract from Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) to provide processing equipment for its new facility at Livingstone Valley in the Northern ...
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Terra Tech, a US-based agricultural company and a wholly-owned subsidiary GrowOp Technology, has expanded its Edible Garden's product line of sustainable and locally grown produce to BJ's Wholesale stores. The company will begin roll out ...
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