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German agritech Finches closed a €2 million pre-seed led by High-Tech Gründerfonds to expand an AI platform that maps weather, satellite and field data onto a manufacturer’s specific suppliers, contracts and crop specs.
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NIZO, DAB.bio, Vivici, dsm-firmenich and partners will spend two years testing whether clumping microbes inside the bioreactor can make continuous…
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China's Mengniu is moving its patented Lactobacillus paracasei LC19 strain from supplements into milk powders and chilled dairy as GLP-1…
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AAK's patented dry-fractionation process will make palm-mid fractions for cocoa butter equivalents at its KLK joint venture in Johor, promising…
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