“AquAdvantage” salmon, engineered by biotech company AquaBounty Technologies, most recently drew criticism from environmental advocates at the 2023 Farm Aid event.
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All but two of the items—cheese and pork chops—were more expensive than last year. Cookies, hamburgers buns and lemonade were up the most.
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The state’s strength in agriculture, plus partners like Purdue University and AgriNovus Indiana, combine to make Indiana a competitive place for generating and attracting ag-related technology and innovation.
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Westfield-based agricultural technology company Taranis Inc. on Tuesday announced the promotion of Opher Flohr to chief executive, succeeding Bar Veinstein.
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Corteva, the Indianapolis-based seed and crop protection giant, formed a joint venture with the startup, Pairwise, based in Durham, North Carolina, aimed at increasing crop yield for food, fuel and fiber production.
The AgriNovus Indiana report quantifies agbiosciences as contributing $22.7 billion to the state’s gross domestic product. It also identifies several key areas of opportunity for growth in this sector.
For Indiana—the seventh-largest agricultural exporter and ninth-largest farming state in the U.S.—the legislation could have wide-ranging impacts.
The company said the restructuring is designed to shift resources from its farm animal operations to its pet health operations and help with the launch of three upcoming products now under regulatory review.
The Kremlin says Russia will suspend the Black Sea Grain Initiative until its demands to get its own food and fertilizer to the world are met.
Bunge Ltd.—which is spending $550 million to build a soybean processing plant in Shelby County—could find itself in the crosshairs of antitrust regulators in the United States due to the scale of the deal.
Innovation in agriculture has been transformative, with advances in breeding, prevalent use of data analytics and technology serving as important drivers of change.
Companies across agbioscience are not only delivering life-essential innovations, they are also tackling many of the world’s toughest challenges.
The Ag-Celerator, one of four funds that make up Purdue Ventures, boasts a $2 million innovation fund for startups in ag-related technologies.
The winery said new products such as the Melon Mint Moscato, along with its mainstays like Oliver Sweet Red, have fueled the company’s continued growth.
Athian expects to begin beta testing for its first product this month. The company was launched last year by Greenfield-based Elanco and Indianapolis-based High Alpha Innovation.
North Manchester-based MPS Egg Farms employs roughly 600 people and keeps 12.1 million laying hens, which produce 9 million eggs per day for distribution across the United States.
Indiana’s horse racing industry has more than doubled in economic value in the past decade, according to a study led by Purdue University.
This year’s cohort for Gener8tor’s gBETA agbioscience accelerator includes companies working in everything from cold storage to aquaculture. The program wraps up later this month.
A St. Louis-based grain and soybean manufacturer is planning to invest $445 million to expand its processing plant in Morristown.
Carmel-based Hageman Group, Indianapolis-based Allos Ventures and Indianapolis-based Elevate Ventures Inc. all participated in the funding round.
Taranis, which was founded in Israel in 2015 and moved its headquarters to Westfield in 2020, offers a software platform farmers can use to monitor and manage their crops.
Revenue from mosquito spraying has soared, according to Pest Control Technology. But the chemical bombardment is beginning to worry scientists who fear over-use of pesticides is harming pollinators and worsening a growing threat to birds that eat insects.
The nation’s largest food distributor has joined the other businesses accusing the four largest meat processors of working together to inflate beef prices.
Facing steep increases in food production costs, Indiana farmers warn that consumers are likely to see continued price jumps at stores later this year.
