Iowa Ag Biotech Company Sets Up R&D Center in North Carolina Date Published: January 13, 2023 Mazen Animal Health, an Iowa start-up company that’s developing corn-based oral vaccines for animals, has selected North Carolina as the…
Traitology: Digital Biology Meets Traditional Agriculture to Advance Plant Trait Development Date Published: December 12, 2022 Fayaz Khazi, Ph.D. – formerly CEO of North Carolina-based food and agricultural enterprise Elo Life Systems – has launched a…
Climate change & crops: Durham startup focuses on how tech can protect our food Date Published: November 16, 2022 Two companies – Oerth Bio of Durham and Yara International of Norway – are teaming up to promote technology they believe will help farmers…
Wake Tech/John Deere “TECH” Program Earns Highest Honor Date Published: November 4, 2022 Wake Tech’s John Deere TECH agricultural systems program has been recognized as one of the best in the world. The program…
Saving more crops: RTP agtech startup receives EPA approval for fungicide Date Published: October 24, 2022 Farmers will soon have a new weapon in their crop protection arsenal.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved…
Better soil, better future: Institute in Morrisville strives for a fertile future; $2M Walmart grant helps Date Published: August 29, 2022 By 2050, the world’s agricultural systems will need to provide food, fiber and fuel for another 2 billion people, or…
Veteran NC venture capitalist wins ag business excellence award Date Published: August 29, 2022 North Carolina Biotechnology Center board member Karen LeVert is among three women receiving the 2022 Women in Agribusiness Demeter Award…
To cut food waste, Novozymes will partner with AgroFresh Date Published: June 20, 2022 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – In the spirit of “waste not, want not,” two food-focused companies are working together to find…
NC State plays critical role in stewardship of global agriculture industry Date Published: June 14, 2022 RALEIGH – Phosphorus is essential to all living things, one of the building blocks of DNA and cells’ energy currency.…