Article Issue: October 2021

Lallemand, a global leader in the development, production and marketing of yeast, bacteria, and fungi, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Wismar-based Bayer Biologics […]

Bee Vectoring Technologies International Inc. announced its first commercial agreement with Biogard, a division of CBC (Europe) S.r.l., a bioprotectant company in Europe. Through the […]

Brussels-based agtech start-up FYTEKO has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Sumi Agro France SAS to sell its Nurspray crop biostimulant product in France. Containing […]

3Bar Biologics introduces proprietary LiveMicrobe technology allowing growers to increase microbe shelf life by up to two years. LiveMicrobe technology uses a patented mechanism that […]

Andes Ag, the seed treatment technology developer based in California, has received an investment round. Leaps by Bayer, the impact investment arm of Bayer AG, […]

Ginko Bioworks announced its debut as a publicly traded company under the NYSE ticker DNA, after raising $1.6 billion. Ginkgo’s growth supports the entire synthetic […]

Provivi Inc, a crop protection company using pheromones to protect crops from major damaging insects, announced that the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational […]

Idai Nature continues its activities in Mexico through announced label expansions for three of its products in-country: White Fly, Santem, and Clean Soil. WhiteFly has […]

Andermatt Madumbi announced a label extension for its product bioinsecticide Eco-Bb. Eco-Bb is now registered for use to suppress mealybug on pome fruit (apples, pears), […]

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. has identified three microbes with promising herbicidal properties that the company is looking to develop further. The first two, MBI-005 and […]

AgBiome has raised $116 million in a Series D round of funding, co-led by Blue Horizon and Novalis LifeSciences, and that included multiple new and […]

Innoterra India, one of India's largest fruit producers and exporters through its business unit Desai AgriFoods, has signed a global partnership agreement with the Indian […]

In this issue, we decided to take a deep dive into the myriad scientific entries we have featured in 2BMonthly since the beginning of 2019. […]

Seipasa’s bioinsecticide Pirecris has obtained the extension of its phytosanitary registration in Morocco to include berry growing. This new certification applies to the control of […]

St. Louis-based startup Pluton Biosciences announced the closing of its seed round, raising a total of $6.61 million. Pluton’s current product efforts focus on agriculture, […]

The German seed producing company KWS has launched its first product, a biological seed treatment based on preserved beneficial bacteria in partnership with biotech company […]

Novozymes announced it its ambition of doubling company revenue by 2030. Unlocking Growth – Powered by Biotech is Novozymes’ strategy toward 2025 based on the […]

Catherine Lamboley is new director of Olmix Group’s plant care division. In her role, Lamboley will launch a new effort to support the deployment and […]

Anuvia Plant Nutrients is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), to help drive discoveries that will deliver new cutting-edge plant […]

Alltech Crop Science appointed Andrew Thomas to its newly created CEO position. Thomas brings more than 30 years of global management experience in the agri-food […]

Biotalys announced the appointment of Patrick McDonnell as chief business officer, effective 4 October 2021. McDonnell will be based in Biotalys’ offices in Research Triangle […]

Lavie Bio Ltd., a subsidiary of Evogene Ltd., and United Agronomy (UA), a retailer of crop inputs, have entered into a distribution agreement, initially for […]

Pivot Bio has appointed Lisa Nunez Safarian to its board of directors as an independent director. Safarian brings 34 years of experience in the agriculture […]

De Sangosse Group has acquired Agronaturalis, a biopesticides company in Europe specializing in products based on potassium bicarbonate and other naturally occurring fungicides. De Sangosse […]

Novozymes is launching five biological solutions that address challenges for North American growers. The new Novozymes products available in the US include BioniQ, an inoculant […]

Sipcam Agro appointed Justin Gotfried to the role of western account manager for Sipcam Agro USA. Gotfried was previously with Wilbur Ellis where he served […]

GrowGeneration Corp. (GrowGen), a U.S. chain of specialty hydroponic and organic garden centers, and Groundwork BioAg have entered into a distribution agreement to offer Dynomyco, […]

NewLeaf Symbiotics and Talc USA announced a partnership to bring an exclusive copack to the market in 2022. The copack – which includes NewLeaf’s Terrasym […]

Plant Health Care PLC has partnered with Nutrien Ag Solutions to launch its Saori soybean seed treatment in Brazil. Saori, used for the prevention and […]

Valent BioSciences LLC and Kansas State University have announced a formal long-term agreement to advance critical research in the areas of soil health and carbon […]

Chr. Hansen and UPL are collaborating to develop and commercialize microbial solutions for sustainable agriculture. Under the terms of the partnership, Chr. Hansen will develop […]

GreenLight Biosciences, Inc. opened a new manufacturing plant in Rochester, New York. The 17,000-square-foot facility will manufacture enzymes and RNA for a variety of agricultural […]

Vancouver, Canada-based Renaissance BioScience Corp. announced that an independent test of its environmentally safe, RNA-based biopesticide technology conducted on Colorado potato beetle (CPB) larvae resulted […]

The new University of Saskatchewan (USask) Insect Research Facility (USIRF) will be the first of its kind in a western Canadian university and one of […]

The next key to winning the battle against citrus diseases such as citrus canker may be in the tiniest microbes that live inside the citrus […]

The Spanish company Atlántica Agrícola recently named Marta Gutiérrez its new Chief Executive Officer. This month we caught up with Gutiérrez to learn more about […]

Bee Vectoring today announced its first commercial agreement with Biogard, a division of CBC (Europe) S.r.l., one of the leading bioprotectant companies in Europe. Through […]

Europe’s biocontrol industry urges EU lawmakers to back biocontrol, the nature-based crop protection or miss the Green Deal targets. Reported pushbacks to make Farm to […]