Two companies – Oerth Bio of Durham and Yara International of Norway – are teaming up to promote technology they believe will help farmers around the world deal with climate change – and help us all continue to eat.
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Farmers will soon have a new weapon in their crop protection arsenal thanks to an agtech startup in the Triangle.
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When food science professor Josip Simunovic applied to the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund, he wanted to build a machine. A machine that would allow other inventors like himself to get new products to market faster — and at a fraction of the cost. Here’s what happened.
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One in 6 North Carolinians works in the agriculture sector. But what are the key trends that may shape the future of our state – and our global food supply?
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The ability to better monitor the pest and make predictions about where it will appear could help farmers control the corn earworm pest more effectively, which would reduce the financial and environmental impacts of pesticide use.
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Biopesticides developer Vestaron is ramping up commercialization efforts for its current products, but the company isn’t neglecting the R&D that could lead to new ones. Here’s what’s happening.
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Agtech startup Vestaron, which aims to prove its biological-based pesticides don’t trade efficacy for safety vs. chemical products, has added another $10 million to its warchest.
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By 2050, the world’s agricultural systems will need to provide food, fiber and fuel for another 2 billion people, or about 9.8 billion total. An institute in Morrisville is striving to make sure those needs are met.
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North Carolina State University researchers show that the shape of flowers has the biggest effect on how parasites are transmitted to bees, an important consideration for declining populations of our prodigious pollinators. The findings could help stakeholders plant flowers that are less likely to spread parasites in pollinator habitats.
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