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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 1h
Gene-edited #peanuts targeting three major allergy-causing proteins have entered their first commercial-scale outdoor field trial in the United States. Nurtured Nuts Company and AgriNetica are developing peanuts edited with #CRISPR to disable the genes producing Ara h 2, Ara h 6 and Ara h 7.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 5h
The Competition Commission Of India (CCI) has approved Crystal Crop Protection Ltd’s #acquisition of 100% shareholding in FMC India Private Limited. The transaction will see Crystal Crop #acquire FMC India from FMC Netherlands Holdings II B.V. and its affiliates on a fully diluted basis.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Zurich-based #climate technology company Cotierra has raised $3 million to expand its decentralised biochar technology from field deployments to commercial scale. The latest #funding brings the company’s total capital raised since founding to $4.75 million.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Engineers at North Dakota State University have developed and field-tested an autonomous mechanical #weedingrobot that achieved 96.5% weeding efficacy in sugar beet trials.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sonalika Tractors has crossed sales of 100,000 tractors in just six months between April and September 2026, marking one of its fastest #sales performances to date.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mahindra and Mahindra Limited [Automotive and Farm Equipment Business] sold 50,208 tractors in the #Indianmarket in September 2026, marking a 23% year-on-year decline from 64,946 units in September 2025.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Boston-based #biotech startup ArkeaBio™ has raised $15 million in a Series A2 funding round led by AgriZeroNZ and supported by Breakthrough Energy to advance its vaccine designed to reduce methane emissions from livestock.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A satellite-based #AItool developed by the University of Cambridge has achieved 84% accuracy in identifying crop types across Senegal’s groundnut-growing region while requiring far less ground-truth data than conventional approaches.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Philippines has launched its first dedicated Agricultural Genomics Research Center (#AGRC) at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, backed by a six-year, $14.95 million initiative from the #KOICA, with UPLB as partner and IRRI serving as project management consultant.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Time to change: A new chapter for GrowinAgri. ​Agriculture is evolving rapidly, but the stories, data, and insights shaping its future often remain fragmented. That’s why we’ve pivoted into agri-media—to build the definitive narrative and information highway for the entire ecosystem.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New Holland Agriculture, a brand of CNH, has launched the #3230TX tractor in Chhattisgarh, expanding its mechanisation portfolio in the state. Available in 2WD and 4WD variants
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced plans to mobilize up to $6 billion through 2030 to protect Southeast Asia’s #marine ecosystems and strengthen the region’s blue economy.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
FMC Corporation has submitted a regulatory dossier in Brazil for #rimisoxafen, a novel herbicide classified by HRAC as the first active ingredient with two distinct modes of action in a single molecule.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Plantik Biosciences and Hudson River Biotechnology have partnered to develop heat-tolerant #strawberry varieties using machine learning and genome-editing technologies. Plantik will use its #ATLANTIS platform to identify and validate genomic targets linked to heat tolerance
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The United States is seeking to establish a new #potash trade deal with Belarus that could provide US buyers with pricing below current Canadian supplies. The move comes amid heightened US-Canada trade tensions and efforts to diversify #fertilizer supply sources.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Germany’s BASF has approached fellow #chemicals company Evonik regarding a potential takeover, as European chemical producers face rising costs, weak demand and increasing competition from Asian markets.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
St. Louis-based agricultural #biotechnology startup Spearhead Bio has raised $1.62 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round to advance its TAHITI gene-editing platform.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO) reported a pre-tax profit of ₹824.68 crore for FY 2025-26 and declared a 20% dividend on the equity capital of its member #cooperative societies.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Two Brothers India Farms® has launched a new range of #fastingflours comprising Kuttu Atta, Singhara Atta and Unsprouted Rajgira Atta ahead of the Navratri season. Each flour is made from a single ingredient and ground in small batches, with a focus on ingredient transparency
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The International Rice Research Institute (#IRRI) and the University of #Nottingham have launched a research partnership to develop rice varieties that can maintain productivity under rising temperatures.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Indorama Corporation has secured RMB 2.4 billion, approximately US$358 million, in long-term #financing to expand urea production at its Anyang operations in Henan Province, China.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ICRISAT has secured long-term #funding from the Crop Trust to strengthen the conservation of more than 50,000 seed samples of groundnut, chickpea and pigeonpea at its genebank in India.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sound Agriculture has launched #INFLECT, a seed-applied biological designed to help corn maintain yields in fields receiving anhydrous ammonia or heavy manure applications. seed treatment contains two bacterial species, Bacillus simplex and Bacillus subtilis, along with the fungus Coniochaeta nivea
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ADAMA Ltd. is set to launch #Actagon, a pre-emergence herbicide designed to help Indian wheat growers manage herbicide-resistant Phalaris minor and other grass and broadleaf weeds.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Bihar Cabinet has approved 24 proposals covering #livestock, agriculture, dairy, education, policing and water resources, including the Mukhyamantri Go-Dhan Vikas Loan Scheme for livestock farmers.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Philippines’ Department of #Agriculture (DA) and the Philippine Carabao Center (#PCC) have inaugurated a ₱237.9-million laboratory in the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, establishing what they describe as the world’s first facility dedicated exclusively to sex-sorting #buffalo semen.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#Agtech startup Lilac Agriculture has closed an oversubscribed $2.3 million seed round led by Innova to solve the long-standing "black box" problem of rhizobial inoculants.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A breakthrough hybrid rice variety developed by #YuanLongping High-Tech Agriculture Co., Ltd. has established a new benchmark for super-rice productivity while offering genetic protection against insect damage.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Scientists at #Chiba University and House Foods Group have successfully used #CRISPR-Cas9 to knock down the gene responsible for the eye-stinging compound in onions.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
PepsiCo India has inaugurated its first food manufacturing plant in Assam with an #investment of ₹778 crore, marking the company’s fifth food production facility in India and a major step in its broader ₹5,700 crore domestic investment roadmap through 2030.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BASF Agricultural Solutions and the International Rice Research Institute (#IRRI) have extended their joint initiative, "Optimizing Management for Reduction of Greenhouse Gases in Rice" (#OPTIMARice), aimed at advancing low-emission, climate-smart cultivation practices.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The CGIAR Capacity Sharing Accelerator (#CapSha) and the CGIAR Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program, in collaboration with ICRISAT and the #ICAR, convened an international training program in Arba Minch, Ethiopia, to advance agroecological natural resource management.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (#NASS) has launched AgInsights, a new online platform designed to make agricultural statistics easier to access and analyze.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Mosaic Company has commercially launched #PowerCoat in Paraguay, marking its first proprietary biological product rollout in Latin America as part of an aggressive expansion in bionutrition.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Syngenta Canada has expanded its pulse and soybean biological lineup with the introduction of #Atuva® Chickpea, a seed- and soil-applied liquid inoculant engineered to boost nodulation and biological nitrogen fixation.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The World Bank Group has authorized three #IBRD loan packages totaling $666.74 million to upgrade Viet Nam’s critical trade corridors, enhance flood defenses, and modernize sustainable fisheries infrastructure.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ahead of its October 1 spinoff from Corteva Agriscience, incoming seed giant Vylor has announced #Xpedite™, a breakthrough proprietary system for producing non-GMO hybrid wheat scheduled to launch in late 2027.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#FMCG major BL Agro has announced a Rs 1,500 crore capital infusion into its #biotechnology subsidiary, Leads Genetics, to establish an integrated dairy and reproductive-technology ecosystem aimed at elevating cattle productivity across India.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Syngenta Canada Inc. has introduced #Curanza™, a novel insecticide seed treatment engineered to protect canola and mustard crops from devastating early-season pests, specifically crucifer and striped flea beetles as well as cutworms.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A multi-year research initiative conducted by Himachal Pradesh’s farm university, #CSKHPKV Palampur, in collaboration with rice technology firm Savannah Seeds, demonstrates that direct-seeded SAVA-134 FullPage® significantly enhances the #sustainability and resource efficiency of rice cultivation.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Four new moth bean varieties developed by #ICAR_CAZRI are showing promising performance under severe drought conditions in western Rajasthan during Kharif 2026.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
India’s Bio Agri Input Producers Association (#BIPA) has called for a phased 25% reduction in chemical fertiliser and pesticide use through the scientific integration of biological inputs.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Brazilian agricultural #machinery company Jacto is expanding its agricultural drone portfolio with DJI’s T55 and dual-battery #T100, targeting greater flight endurance, payload capacity and productivity across large-scale farming operations.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Researchers in #China have developed #GEAIR 2.0, a humanoid robot designed to automate hybrid pollination and support crop breeding using embodied AI.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Bangalore #Bioinnovation Centre, in collaboration with Karnataka’s agriculture department, has developed six plant-based protein bars using locally grown pulses from Kalaburagi.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
India’s cold-chain sector needs to shift its focus from simply increasing storage capacity to improving connectivity, integration and utilisation across the agricultural #supplychain. An #ASSOCHAM-ASCELA report estimates India’s annual post-harvest losses at nearly $18.5 billion
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#China imported 12.14 million metric tons of soybeans in August, down 1.1% year-on-year but up 5.7% from July, with Brazil continuing to dominate its import market.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Google has entered a five-year #carboncredit agreement with climate-tech company Mitti Labs to support climate-smart agriculture across 100,000 hectares of smallholder rice farms in India.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
PI Industries Ltd has launched #CARVINT, a new insecticide containing Flometoquin 10% SC, for controlling thrips and diamondback moth in chilli, cabbage and cauliflower.
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GrowinAgri @growinagri.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
DCM Shriram Limited has launched Shriram Zarwin, a new fungicide in India aimed at managing Downy Mildew in #grap. The product contains Oxathiapiprolin 0.6% + Mancozeb 60% w/w WG and was introduced at an event in Nashik attended by grape growers, distributors and #retailers.
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