Israeli precision agriculture startup Agritask has completed a US$8.5mn Series A financing round, led by the InsuResilience Investment Fund and co-invested by Barn Investimentos
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Fresh hops sent to Korea for brewing

The hops were used to brew fresh hop ales by three Seoul breweries and were released last month. (Image source: Yakima Chief Hops)
Yakima Chief Hops (YCH), a global hop supplier, has exported the largest shipment of freshly harvested hops from the Pacific Northwest to South Korea in one day for the first time in brewing history
Thailand and Chinese animal farming companies among top 15 in Coller FAIRR Protein Producer Index
The Index is seen as comprehensive tool to inform ESG assessment and engagement efforts in areas from GHG emissions and water to antibiotics and animal welfare. (Image source: Sergey Bogdanov/Adobe Stock)
The US$19tn-backed FAIRR investor network has identified Asian meat, fish and dairy leaders to meet environmental and social challenges, raising concerns of the poor management of climate emissions, deforestation and antibiotics
Omex in India at KISAN 2019
Omex will be exhibiting at KISAN 2019, India’s largest agricultural exhibition, which will be taking place from 11-15 December 2019 at Moshi, Pune
Ag Biotechnology tops investors’ wishlist for 2020

Ag Biotech is a wide-ranging category of agri-foodtech innovation encompassing all on-farm inputs for crop and animal agriculture. (Image source: Pexels/Pixabay)
New research published by technology incubator Idea2scale and Agri-FoodTech venture capital firm AgFunder has revealed that food and AgTech investors are most excited by startups in the Ag Biotechnology category